Back Expedició 31 Catalan Expedice 31 Czech ISS-Expedition 31 German Expedición 31 Spanish 31. ekspeditsioon ET Retkikunta 31 Finnish Expédition 31 (ISS) French משלחת מס' 31 לתחנת החלל הבין-לאומית HE Expedition 31 Italian 第31次長期滞在 Japanese
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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 27 April 2012, 08:15 UTC[1] |
| Ended | 1 July 2012, 04:48 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 | |
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]
- ^ a b "Soyuz TMA-22 returns to Earth with three outbound ISS crewmembers". NASASpaceflight.com, 27 April 2012.
- ^ a b Harding, Pete (1 July 2012). "Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to Earth". NASASpaceFlight (not associated with NASA). Retrieved 3 July 2012.