Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer signs the side of his Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft shortly after he landed with his crew mates Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Acaba, Padalka and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is seen following its landing with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, September 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
Russian support personnel are seen as they access the crew of the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule shortly after it landed with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia and Flight Engineers Joe Acaba of NASA and Sergei Revin of Russia in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
Expedition 32 Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin is seen as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Revin, Padalka and Acaba are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba is seen as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. NASA Astronaut Acaba, Russian Cosmonauts Padalka and Revin are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka is seen as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, September 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergie Revin in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, September 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft that landed the Expedition 32 crew on the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT (Sept. 17 local time) is seen after being hauled upright by recovery teams.
A Soyuiz TMA-04M space capsule floats toward Earth under its parachute, just moments before landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan to return Expedition 32 crewmembers Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin (both of Russia) and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba to Earth on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT (Sept. 17 local time).
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba smiles after returning to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT on the steppes of Kazakhstan, where it was early Sept. 17 local time. Acaba landed with Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin to end the Expedition 32 mission.
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander of Expedition 32 to the International Space Station, enjoys a hot tea and fresh air after landing in Kazakhstan to end a four-month mission to the space station. Padalka landed with two crewmates aboard a Soyuz that set down on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT on the Kazakh steppes.
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin smiles on the steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia, where he and two Expedition 32 crewmates landed their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft to end a 4-month spaceflight on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT (Sept. 17 local time).
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, signs the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft used to land his three-man crew on the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT (Sept. 17 local time).
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 32 commander; along with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin, both flight engineers, attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 30 (TMA-04M) spacecraft in preparation for their return to Earth scheduled for Sept. 16, 2012.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (front left) takes command of the International Space Station from cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (front right) during a ceremony marking the start of the Expedition 33 increment aboard the space station on Sept. 15, 2012.
Space station Expedition 33 commander Sunita Williams (facing camera) hugs outgoing Expedition 32 commander Gennady Padalka during a farewell ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, before Padalka and two crewmates returned to Earth after five months in space.
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft that returned three Expedition 32 crewmembers home from the International Space Station on Sept. 16, 2012 EDT, is shown in this view from exterior cameras on the station.
This NASA graphic depicts how the Soyuz spacecraft carrying returning Expedition 32 crewmembers Gennady Padalka (commander) and flight engineers Sergei Revin and Joe Acaba will land during its return to Earth on Sept. 16. 2012.
This NASA TV graphic shows the Expedition 32 crewmembers returning to Earth on the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft on Sept. 16, 2012. They are (from left): NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, and cosmonaut Sergei Revin.
