S128-E-007788 (6 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA poses for a photograph with women in ceremonial Kazakh dress at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after he, along with Expedition 34 Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and, Tarelkin returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA poses for a photograph after receiving welcome home gifts at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after he, along with Expedition 34 Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and, Tarelkin returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA is helped out a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter after flying from his Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft landing site outside the town of Arkalyk to Kustanay, Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, along with Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of Russia returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford gets his hair cut at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford stands as he is introduced at the start of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Monday, October 22, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford gets his hair cut at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, left, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Commander Kevin Ford of NASA sit together at the Kustanay Airport a few hours after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and Tarelkin are returning from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 34 Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, left with flowers, Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, center with flowers, and Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy are greeted at the Kustanay Airport a few hours after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, Novitskiy, and Tarelkin are returning from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

International Space Station Expedition 33 flight engineer Kevin Ford (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Ford is Exp. 33 Commander Sunita Williams. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA walks from a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter with NASA flight doctors, David Alexander, left, and Blake Chamberlain after flying from his Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft landing site outside the town of Arkalyk to Kustanay, Kazakhstan on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Ford, along with Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of Russia returned from 142 days onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 33 and 34 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

International Space Station Expedition 33 flight engineer Kevin Ford (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Ford is Exp. 33 Commander Sunita Williams. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33 backup crew member, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, shakes hands with Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford onboard the crew bus, before Ford and fellow crew mates, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to head to another building across the Baikonur Cosmodrome where they will suit-up for their soyuz launch, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford is escorted to the Soyuz rocket by Russian Space Agency Officials, prior to his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft with fellow crew members, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and, Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 31 backup crew member Oleg Novitskiy, foreground, and Kevin Ford head towards a Soyuz spacecraft mockup to conduct final simulation tests in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, bottom, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, top, wave farewell before boarding their Soyuz rocket just a few hours before their launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of ROSCOSMOS, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, are seen during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Monday, October 22, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin , on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford gives a thumbs up as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin , on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of ROSCOSMOS, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Williams is Exp. 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Williams is Exp. 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 NASA backup crew member Kevin Ford, left, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, third from left, select International Space Station Russian segment event simulation test cards for their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 NASA backup crew member Kevin Ford signs for his International Space Station Russian segment event simulation test card before senior officials at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 in Star City, Russia, while his fellow crew members Oleg Novitskiy (left) and Evgeny Tarelkin look on. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 NASA backup crew member Kevin Ford, bottom, Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy, top, pose for photos before they start their International Space Station Russian segment event simulation for their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, left, Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, and NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, talk to family members through glass from the room where they just had their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 prime crew members from left; Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, and backup crew members; Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy pose for a group photograph after the end of a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, on Monday, October 22, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, left, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, right, talk with colleagues shortly after having had their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, left, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, far right, talk to family members through glass from the room where they just had their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33/34 crew member, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, looks out at family and friends as the bus with he and fellow crew mates, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, head to launch site 31 for their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 31 backup crew members Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin stand at attention before senior officials for their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 backup crew members Kevin Ford (left), Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin (right) are interviewed by the press before their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 backup crew members Kevin Ford (left), Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin (right) are interviewed by the press before their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 backup crew members Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin salute senior officials before their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 NASA backup crew member Kevin Ford signs for his Soyuz vehicle simulation test card before senior officials at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Monday, April 23, 2012 in Star City, Russia, while his fellow crew members Oleg Novitskiy (far left) and Evgeny Tarelkin look on. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 31 backup crew members Kevin Ford (left), Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin (right) give the thumbs up before their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Expedition 31 prime crew members commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin practiced similar scenarios nearby in advance of their final approval for launch to the International Space Station, scheduled for May 15, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, board their Soyuz rocket just a few hours before their launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Newly arrived Expedition 34/35 crew members, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, front left, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, front right, are seen on a screen at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after the three joined Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, back left, and Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Yevgeny Tarelkin, back right, of Russia on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33/34 astronauts onboard the International Space Station answer questions in a live downlink at a NASA Social exploring science on the ISS at NASA Headquarters, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Washington. Seen from left to right are NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Kevin Ford and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Chris Hadfield. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, left, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, right, walk out of building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to board a bus that will take them to launch site 31 for their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Quarantined Expedition 31 prime crew members, from left, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, along with Expedition 31 backup few members, Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin pose for a group photo during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Monday, May 14, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba is scheduled for 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 astronauts onboard the International Space Station answer questions in a live downlink at a NASA Social exploring science on the ISS at NASA Headquarters, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Washington. Seen from left to right are NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Kevin Ford and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Chris Hadfield. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, seated left, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, seated right, pose for a photograph with backup crew members, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, standing left, Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, standing right shortly after having had their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston – JSC2009-E-061592 -- Astronaut Kevin A. Ford, pilot

Quarantined Expedition 31 prime crew members, from left, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, along with Expedition 31 backup few members, Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin prepare to answer reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Monday, May 14, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia, and prime NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba is scheduled for 9:01 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, seated left, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, seated right, pose for a picture with their backup crew members Kevin Ford, standing left, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, standing right, just a few hours before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

ISS034-E-036863 (29 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-016145 (26 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 33 flight engineer, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

S128-E-006484 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, is pictured on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

S128-E-007474 (3 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, holds a storage bag containing food items on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-026569 (11 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, uses the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-018790 (6 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 33 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) toilet facilities in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-016147 (26 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 33 flight engineer, smiles for a photo while holding a still camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S128-E-008352 (7 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

S128-E-007154 (31 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

ISS034-E-036867 (29 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, works near the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

S128-E-006468 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, uses a computer on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

ISS034-E-030216 (16 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, installs a Ultra-Sonic Background Noise Tests (UBNT) sensor kit behind a rack in the Destiny of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-007386 (10 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, works with Robonaut 2 humanoid robot in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-005621 (5 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, uses a computer near two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

ISS034-E-030218 (16 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, installs a Ultra-Sonic Background Noise Tests (UBNT) sensor kit behind a rack in the Destiny of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-061648 (4 March 2013) --- Inside the U.S. lab Destiny on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS).

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

ISS034-E-005522 (3 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, services the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-005517 (3 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, services the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

ISS034-E-010876 (28 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, works near the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-063052 (9 March 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, performs maintenance on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module (JPM).

ISS034-E-005616 (5 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, uses a computer near two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

S128-E-006295 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, is pictured on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

ISS034-E-010875 (28 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, works near the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Date: 06-25-12 Location: Bldg 7, SSATA Subject: SSATA ISS Increment 33 EMU Dry Run with crew member Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

Date: 07-26-12 Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Subject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford Photographer: James Blair

Expedition 33/34 prime Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA (left) and his backup, NASA’s Chris Cassidy raise the U.S. flag outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan October 11, 2012. The raising of the U.S., Russian and Kazakh flags by Ford, Cassidy, prime Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, prime Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, backup Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin and backup Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov were part of the activities leading up to the scheduled launch of Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin October 23 in their Soyuz TMA-06 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Members of the media photograph the Soyuz rocket as it launches with Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will be on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Taking time out from training, Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA (left) and backup Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin (right) play a game of chess at their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan October 17, 2012. Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin are preparing for launch October 23 in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to spend five months on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin onboard the TMA-06M spacecraft launches to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will be on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS onboard the TMA-06M spacecraft launches to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will be on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS onboard the TMA-06M spacecraft launches to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will be on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)