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[b]Soyuz TMA-05M mission to the space station[/b] On July 14, 2012, Roscosmos cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will depart for the International Space Station aboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members will arrive at the station on July 16 to join cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and astronaut Joe Acaba, who have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since mid-May. Key pre-launch and flight events [list][*]Wednesday, June 20 Expedition 32/33 (Suni Williams, Yuri Malenchenko, Aki Hoshide) qualification training simulation runs at Star City, Russia. [*]Saturday, July 14, 9:40 p.m. EDT (0140 GMT July 15) Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M launch [*]Monday, July 16, 11:50 p.m. EDT (0350 GMT July 17) Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M docking [*]Tuesday, July 17, 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 GMT) Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M hatch opening and welcoming ceremony[/list]
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