| ISS Expedition 34 | |
| Insignia: | ISS Expedition 34 Patch.svg |
| Insignia Caption: | Expedition 34 mission patch |
| Mission Type: | ISS Expedition |
| Crew Size: | 6 |
| Crew Members: | Expedition 33/34: Kevin A. Ford Oleg Novitskiy Evgeny Tarelkin Expedition 34/35: Thomas H. Marshburn Chris A. Hadfield Roman Romanenko |
| Crew Photo: | Expedition 34 crew portrait.jpg |
| Crew Photo Caption: | (l-r) Novitskiy, Ford, Tarelkin, Romanenko, Hadfield and Marshburn |
| Space Station: | International Space Station |
| Departure Craft: | Soyuz TMA-06M Soyuz TMA-07M |
| Previous Mission: | Expedition 33 |
| Next Mission: | Expedition 35 |
| Programme: | ISS expeditions |
Expedition 34 was the 34th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). It began on 18 November 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 33 crew to Earth.
| Position | First Part (November 2012) | Second Part (December 2012 to March 2013) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Kevin A. Ford, NASA Second and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Oleg Novitskiy, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Evgeny Tarelkin, RSA Only spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Thomas Marshburn, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Chris Hadfield, CSA Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Roman Romanenko, RSA Second and last spaceflight | |
Some of the science objectives included investigations of the human cardiovascular system in space, studies on fish and their sensation of gravity, and the impacts of solar radiation on Earth's climate. During the expedition, the robotic platform Robonaut, a humanoid robot test platform, continued testing.[3]