Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum smiles as he rest outside the Soyuz TMA-02M Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum performs the traditional signing of the inside the Russian Search and Rescue helicopter after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa landed in their Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, center, looks at the various mission stickers onboard a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa landed in their Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum smiles as he rest outside the Soyuz TMA-02M Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov smiles as he is carried in a chair to the medical tent just minutes after he and Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and Flight Engineer, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum is seen in a traditional Kazakhstan hat gifted to him during a welcome ceremony at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov is seen in a gift of traditional Kazakhstan dress during a welcome ceremony at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Matryoshka dolls representing Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa are seen at a welcome ceremony at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for November 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for November 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 backup crew member Sergei Revin speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA Expedition 29 backup crew member Joseph Acaba speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A view inside inside the Russian Search and Rescue helicopter that will carry Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum from the Soyuz TMA-02M landing site in a remote area outside Arkalyk, Kazakhstan to Kustanay, Kazakhstan shortly after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa returned from the International Space Station on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. The inside of the helicopter has the signatures of previous Astronauts, Cosmonauts and space tourist that have flown onboard. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, right, tosses his hat into the air and comments to Peggy Whitson, NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office, about how strange the effects of gravity feel as they land in a helicopter in Kustanay, Kazakhstan just a few hours after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa landed in their Soyuz TMA-02M capsule in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Mayor of Arkalyk, right, waits to board a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter for take off in support of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft landing with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue forces prepare their helicopters for take off in support of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft landing with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov is welcomed home by colleagues and family in Star City, Russia on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Russian Cosmonaut Volkov, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa returned to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan earlier in the day from over five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedtion 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum smiles as he is helped from a Russian Search and Rescue all terrain vehicle (ATV) to his helicopter after he and Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa landed in their Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa smiles as he is helped to a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-02M Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa smiles as he rest in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-02M Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa smiles as he is carried in a chair to the medical tent just minutes after he and Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian support personnel work to help get Expedition 29 crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is seen at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 NASA backup crew member Joe Acaba is seen at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank, far left, Russian Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin are seen the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for November 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa is seen in a traditional Kazakhstan hat gifted to him during a welcome ceremony at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Furukawa returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 backup crew members NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, far left, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, center, and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin are seen the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, left, Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov, center, and Satoshi Furukawa, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-02M Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian support personnel arrive to help meet the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin answers a reporter’s question during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Ivanishin, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov and NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank is scheduled for November 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Michael Suffredini, Manager, International Space Station (ISS) Program speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Vladimir Popovkin, Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 backup crew members Joseph Acaba, left, and Russian Flight Engineer Gennady Padalka share a few words during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 backup crew members NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, far left, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, center, and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin are seen at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian security officers walk along the railroad tracks out to the launch pad Monday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-22 is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 29 on November 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov shakes hands with Federal Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin as he is welcomed home in Star City, Russia on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Russian Cosmonaut Volkov, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa returned to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan earlier in the day from over five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedtion 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank, far left, Russian Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 29 NASA back up crew member Joseph Acaba, backup Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and backup Flight Engineer Sergei Revin are seen at the start of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank, far left, Russian Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 29 NASA back up crew member Joseph Acaba, backup Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and backup Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, far right, pose for photos at the end of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Seated from left, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov, and Satoshi Furukawa are seen during a welcome ceremony and press conference at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. NASA Astronaut Fossum, Russian Cosmonaut Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Furukawa returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 Commander, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 Commander, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 Commander, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The flags representing Kazakhstan and the nations of the three crew members who will launch in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft are shown at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. From left to right are the flags of Kazakhstan, the United States and Russia. Scheduled to launch on November 14 local time are Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank, far left, Russian Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin pose for photos at the end of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A fueling train sits on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, next to the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft following the vehicle’s rollout to the pad for launch November 14 to the International Space Station with the Expedition 29 crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch November 14 to carry the crew of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A large gantry mechanism is prepared for installation around the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz will launch November 14 to send the Expedition 29 crew to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch November 14 to carry the crew of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch November 14 to carry the crew of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for Monday, Nov.14, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz rocket is seen as it approaches the Soyuz launch pad on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz rocket is seen as it approaches the Soyuz launch pad on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for Monday, Nov.14, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for Monday, Nov.14, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Catherine Coleman, center, Expedition 26 and 27 flight engineer, discusses her mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Coleman is seen with fellow astronauts Mike Fossum, left, and Ron Garan. Fossum was a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and Commander of Expedition 29. Garan was a flight engineer on Expeditions 27 & 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Mike Fossum, second from left, Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 Commander, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Seen with Fossum are astronauts Catherine Coleman, second from right, Expedition 26 & 27 flight engineer, and Ron Garan, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Catherine Coleman, center, Expedition 26 and 27 flight engineer, discusses her mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Coleman is seen with fellow astronauts Mike Fossum, left, and Ron Garan. Fossum was a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and Commander of Expedition 29. Garan was a flight engineer on Expeditions 27 & 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan, far right, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan is joined by astronauts Catherine Coleman, center, and Mike Fossum. Coleman was a flight engineer on Expeditions 26 & 27, and Fossum was a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and Expedition 29 Commander. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, are seen in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia as part of a traditional welcome home ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan on November 22nd after spending five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, left, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, right, are seen during the playing of the national anthem of the United States of America at a traditional welcome home ceremony at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan on November 22nd after spending five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, third from left, take part in a traditional welcome home ceremony at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan on November 22nd after spending five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan, right, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan is joined by astronaut Catherine Coleman who was a flight engineer on Expeditions 26 & 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Catherine Coleman, Expedition 26 and 27 flight engineer, discusses her mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
JSC2011-E-196325 (22 Aug. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (left), Expedition 29 flight engineer and Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Anatoly Ivanishin, both Expedition 29/30 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Large gantry mechanisms on either side of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft are raised into position to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Large gantry mechanisms on either side of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft are raised into position to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
PHOTO DATE: 27 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 2N Press Conference Room SUBJECT: Expedition 29 Press Conference PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
PHOTO DATE: 27 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 2N Press Conference Room SUBJECT: Expedition 29 Press Conference PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
PHOTO DATE: 27 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 2N Press Conference Room SUBJECT: Expedition 29 Press Conference PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
PHOTO DATE: 27 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 2N Press Conference Room SUBJECT: Expedition 29 Press Conference PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
PHOTO DATE: 27 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 2N Press Conference Room SUBJECT: Expedition 29 Press Conference PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
JSC2011-E-196326 (22 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 29 flight engineer and Expedition 30 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
JSC2011-E-196330 (23 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 29 backup flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
JSC2011-E-196327 (22 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Expedition 29/30 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
JSC2011-E-196329 (23 Aug. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left), along with Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (center) and Sergei Revin, all Expedition 29 backup crew members, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructors WORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt
PHOTO DATE: 19 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 5south, High Bay SUBJECT: Cake Cutting Ceremony marking the end of Expedition 29/30 training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa
ISS029-E-043290 (11 Nov. 2011) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, a full moon is photographed by an Expedition 29 crew member on the International Space Station.