Expedition 34
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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.
Crew
| 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 |
Source
NASA
Mission objectives
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.