Russian Mission Control Center is seen on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz TMA-21 docked to the International Space Station carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Carmel Garan, center, wife of Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, is seen at Russian Mission Control in Korolev, Russia speaking to her husband shortly after his arrival at the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 to the International Space Station (ISS), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov, far right, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 to the International Space Station (ISS), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

ISS027-E-006229 (19 March 2011) --- During some free time, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 27 flight engineer, plays a flute in the JAXA Kibo laboratory onboard the International Space Station.

ISS027-E-006231 (19 March 2011) --- During some free time, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 27 flight engineer, plays a flute in the JAXA Kibo laboratory onboard the International Space Station.

ISS027-E-006230 (19 March 2011) --- During some free time, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 27 flight engineer, plays a flute in the JAXA Kibo laboratory onboard the International Space Station.

Russian Search and Rescue and other recovery teams begin to gather around the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft immediately after it landed with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Recovery teams move a work stand around the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft immediately after it landed with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S134-E-008391(21 May 2011) --- Onboard the International Space Station, this snack time snap shot catches two of the twelve joint Expedition 27/STS-134 crew members during a break in a very busy schedule. NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, is at left, and he is joined Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander. Photo credit: NASA

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman is helped out of the Spyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Paolo Nespoli landed southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Samokutyaev was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli smiles shortly after he and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS031-E-005014 (27 April 2012) --- The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Soyuz commander, and Anatoly Ivanishin, flight engineer, are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Garan was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev rests in a chair shortly after he and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after he and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev is helped out of the Spyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after he and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli landed southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Samokutyaev was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Borisenko was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Garan was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman peeks out of a window of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS031-E-005007 (27 April 2012) --- The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Soyuz commander, and Anatoly Ivanishin, flight engineer, are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS031-E-005074 (27 April 2012) --- The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Soyuz commander, and Anatoly Ivanishin, flight engineer, are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.

ISS031-E-005051 (27 April 2012) --- The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Soyuz commander, and Anatoly Ivanishin, flight engineer, are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman smiles shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS028-E-005026 (23 May 2011) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on May 23, 2011. Onboard are three members of Expedition 27 -- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 and Soyuz commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Kondratyev was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) from the station's Rassvet module. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

ISS028-E-005002 (23 May 2011) --- A close-up view of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as it departs from the International Space Station on May 23, 2011. Onboard are three members of Expedition 27 -- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 and Soyuz commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Kondratyev was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) from the station's Rassvet module. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

ISS028-E-005081 (23 May 2011) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on May 23, 2011. Onboard are three members of Expedition 27 -- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 and Soyuz commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Kondratyev was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) from the station's Rassvet module. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

ISS028-E-005019 (23 May 2011) --- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on May 23, 2011. Onboard are three members of Expedition 27 -- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 and Soyuz commander; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both flight engineers. Kondratyev was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 5:35 p.m. (EDT) from the station's Rassvet module. The crew landed safely at 10:27 p.m. southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

ISS031-E-005010 (27 April 2012) --- Soyuz TMA-22, with three Expedition 30 crew members onboard, appears as a tiny object in the lower left corner of this image photographed by one of the Expedition 31 crew members currently onboard the International Space Station, partially visible at right foreground. A short time earlier, the two spacecraft began their relative separation, thus cutting in half the number of personnel onboard the orbital outpost for the time being. The station was over the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Seen in the picture also are the Sea of Okhotsk, ice floes, part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Tartar Strait, highlighted with sun glint, and Sakhalin Island.

The crews of Expedition 26 and Expedition 27 are seen on a large screen TV on the far right at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 27's arrival to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. From top left clockwise: Italian Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 27 Commander Dimitry Kondratiev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The crews of Expedition 27 and Expedition 28 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 28's arrival to the International Space Station on Friday, June 10, 2011. From top left clockwise: Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, AXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The crews of Expedition 26 and Expedition 27 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 27's arrival to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. From top left clockwise: Italian Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 27 Commander Dimitry Kondratiev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The crews of Expedition 27 and Expedition 28 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 28's arrival to the International Space Station on Friday, June 10, 2011. From top left clockwise: Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, AXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

ISS040-E-038897 (5 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members onboard the International Space Station photographed this image of Super Typhoon Neoguri headed toward Japan at 21:58:27 GMT on July 5, 2014. A Russian Progress vehicle, docked to the orbital outpost, is in the foreground.

S134-E-008358 (21 May 2011) --- European Space Agency astronauts Paolo Nespoli (right), Expedition 27 flight engineer, and Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, are pictured onboard the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Photo credit: NASA

ISS027-E-032650 (18 May 2011) --- Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev(right), Expedition 27 commander,and NASA astronaut Ron Garan, flight engineer, support the May 18, 2011 docking of space shuttle Endeavour and the ISS.

A couple in costume prepare to watch the Soyuz rocket launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket is ready to launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Oksana Samokutyaev, far left, wife of Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, is seen at Russian Mission Control in Korolev, Russia speaking to her husband shortly after his arrival at the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Zoya Borisenko, center, wife of Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, is seen at Russian Mission Control in Korolev, Russia speaking to her husband shortly after his arrival at the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

S134-E-008332(21 May 2011) --- A cosmonaut and two astronauts representing three different organizations but the same International Space Station expedition crew, share one of their final meals with other station and shuttle crew members onboard the outpost, currently docked with the space shuttle Endeavour. From left to right in the foreground are Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (with back toward camera), Expedition 27 commander; European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, both Expedition 27 flight engineers. In left background is Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 27 flight engineer. At upper right is NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist. Kondratyev. Nespoli and Coleman are scheduled to return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft in less than 48 hours. Photo credit: NASA

ISS043E055850 (03/27/2015) --- The Soyuz TMA 16M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station after launching 27 Mar. 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos are onboard and will enter the station after docking.

View out the window of the helicopter carrying Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan from the Soyuz TMA-21 Capsule landing site outside of the town of Zhezkazgan to Karagnada, Kazakhstan on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, and Alexander Samokutyaev returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is helped into a helicopter shortly after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is helped out of a Russian All-Terrain vehicle shortly after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 30 flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. Shkaplerov, Burbank, and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 30 flight engineer and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin is seen as he is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Ivanishin, Burbank and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 30 flight engineer Anatoly Ivanishin rests outside the Soyuz TMA-22 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Anton Shkaplerov landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. Ivanishin, Burbank, and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is carried in a chair to the medical tent after he and Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in Soyuz TMA-22 capsule in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, and Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan looks out the window of his helicopter as it prepares to depart for Karaganda from the Soyuz TMA-21 Capsule landing site outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, and Alexander Samokutyaev returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS031-E-005056 (27 April 2012) --- The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing on April 27, 2012. Inside the Soyuz, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Soyuz commander, and Anatoly Ivanishin, flight engineer, were looking forward to putting their feet on terra firma for the first time in more than five months onboard the station, where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. At the time of this photo the two spacecraft were over the northwestern Pacific Ocean. With the aid of sun glint, ice floes can be seen clearly.

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman answers reporters questions in traditional Kazakh dress during a press conference at the Karaganda airport shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman waves hello and talks on a satellite phone to her family shortly after she and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, left, shakes hands with Deputy Chair of the State Commission Mr. Skorobogotov after Kondratyev arrived at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia and several hours after he and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, left, is seen after arriving at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after he and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli gives a thumbs up as he is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after he and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman signs the inside of her helicopter as NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office, Peggy Whitson looks on shortly after Coleman and Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Chief, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Sergei Krikalev shakes hands and welcomes home Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kazakh performers at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan play music prior to a welcome home ceremony for Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, and, Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli, and Cady Coleman, after the three landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)