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Expedition 31
Long-duration mission to the International Space Station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Expedition 31 was the 31st long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). It began on 27 April 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 30 crew to Earth.[1] The expedition ended on 1 July 2012, when crew members Oleg Kononenko, André Kuipers and Don Pettit departed from the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, marking the beginning of Expedition 32.[2]
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Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 27 April 2012, 08:15 (2012-04-27UTC08:15Z) UTC[1] |
Ended | 1 July 2012, 04:48 (2012-07-01UTC04:49Z) UTC[2] |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-04M |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-04M |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Expedition 30/31: Oleg Kononenko André Kuipers Don Pettit Expedition 31/32: Joseph M. Acaba Gennady Padalka Sergei Revin |
![]() Expedition 31 mission patch ![]() (l-r) Acaba, Padalka, Revin, Kuipers, Kononenko and Pettit |
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