Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-56) onboard photo of Mission Specialist Michael Foale working in the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-2). The ATLAS program was designed to measure the long term variability in the total energy radiated by the sun and determine the variability in the solar spectrum.

STS063-29-002 (3-11 Feb. 1995) --- On the Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck, astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, checks on the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE). Foale was joined by four other NASA astronauts James D. Wetherbee, commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander; Janice E. Voss, mission specialist, and a Russian cosmonaut, Vladimir G. Titov; for eight days of research in Earth-orbit.

S87-45890 (9 Oct. 1987) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist.

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale talks to a colleague on his cell phone from his crew quarters at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003. Foale along with Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duuque of Spain, launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Michael Foale, left, and Mike Duncan, Expedition 6 Lead Flight Surgeon, move to another helicopter after the landing team helicopters returned for refueling, Tuesday, May 4, 2003, in Kazakhstan. Foale and Duncan went on from the refueling to meet the crew of Expedition 6 at the landing site. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, participate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)

Astronaut Michael Foale (center) and Stennis Space Center officials met with Mississippi House of Representatives Gulf Coast delegation, including Speaker William 'Billy' McCoy (far right), during NASA Space Day in Mississippi on January 30.

Astronaut Michael Foale, backup crew member for Expedition 7, looks out the bus window during the drive to the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The crews performed fit checks on their Russian Sokol suits and performed a Soyuz inspection at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Michael Foale (center) and Stennis Space Center officials met with Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant (at rear podium) and Gulf Coast delegation members in Mississippi Senate chambers during NASA Space Day in Mississippi activities at the Capitol on January 30.

From the seat of a Russian helicopter, Bob Cabana, left, Director of Flight Crew Operations and astronaut Michael Foale look out over the Kazakh terrain for the Expedition 6 Soyuz capsule after its landing on Tuesday, May 4, 2003, in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Queen Elizabeth II, left, prepares to talk with the International Space Station crew along with NASA astronaut Michael Foale, right, and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin (not pictured) from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center‘s Operational Control Room, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Goddard was one of the last stops on the Queen's six-day visit to the United States. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Hrybyk)

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale gives a thumbs up after he and his crew mates, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, of the Netherlands, touched down in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004, in their Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale signs the inside of the Russian search and rescue helicopter as is tradition for returning cosmonauts, after he, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, of the Netherlands, landed in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004, in a Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale is helped from the medical tent to an all terrain vehicle for transportation to a helicopter for the flight to Kustanai, Kazakhstan after he, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, of the Netherlands, landed in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004, in a Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, center, visits the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 13, 2003 during final prelaunch preparations. Foale, launched from this pad to the International Space Station on Oct. 18, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale is seen at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Scienhce Officer Michael Foale, left, suits up for launch with the assistance of a technician, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departure for the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale listens to a reporter's question during a prelaunch news conference, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain launched in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle Oct. 18 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Scienhce Officer Michael Foale, left, works to suit up for launch as Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri looks on, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departure for the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Scienhce Officer Michael Foale suits up with the assistance of a technician, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departure for the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale is seen at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale looks out the window during the short bus ride to the launch pad for liftoff in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale smiles for the camera during the short bus ride to the launch pad for liftoff in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Michael Foale, left, and Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, backup crew members for Expedition 7, depart the plane after their flight to Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The crews performed suit leak checks and Soyuz inspection, seat liner checks at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Backup Expedition 8 Commander Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale practice procedures with a satellite phone during final training at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003, for launch on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle Oct. 18 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale is carried in a chair from the Soyuz landing site to an inflatable medical tent after he, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands landed in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004, in a Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, right, complete suiting up, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departure for the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Kaleri and Duque were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Scienhce Officer Michael Foale, left and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri suit up for launch with the assistance of technicians, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departure for the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Queen Elizabeth II, lower right, talks to Expedition 15 crew members from left, NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov aboard the International Space Station crew along with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, lower left and NASA astronaut Michael Foale during a downlink at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Operational Control Room, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Goddard was one of the last stops on the Queen's six-day visit to the United States. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, clockwise from lower left, Gen. Valery Korzun, the Chief of the Cosmonaut Corps, Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain watch home videos aboard the bus transporting the crew to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to the crew's launch to the Interrnational Space Station. The viewing of home videos on the bus is one of many prelaunch traditions for all departing crews. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, is briefed by a technician inside the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle in a processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Oct. 13, 2003 during an inspection of the spacecraft. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, left, astronauts Michael Foale, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko, right, attend the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain participate in the traditional raising of the flags at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, center, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, along with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, foreground, along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, background, walk to the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, left, and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale visit the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 13, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, wave to reporters at the conclusion of a prelaunch news conference, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, left, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, along with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, rear, arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale completes suiting up at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departing for the launch pad with Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. The trio were launched on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20.Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale completes suiting up at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to departing for the launch pad with Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. The trio were launched on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Scienhce Officer Michael Foale, left, smiles as Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri makes a comment to a technician while suiting up, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to their departure for the launch pad with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, seated left, looks at Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri as he makes an adjustment while suiting up, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to their departure for the launch pad with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in a traditional ceremony in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as preparations continue for the launch Saturday, Oct. 18 of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003 in a traditional ceremony as preparations continue for the Oct. 18 launch of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, left, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, of the Netherlands, right, are seen seated after landing in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004, in a Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, is joined by his backup, Bill McArthur outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, for the traditional raising of the flags of the crewmembers who will launch Saturday, Oct. 18 on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station in Baikonur, Kazahstan. European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque, far left, and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri who will launch with Foale, raise the flags of Spain and Russia outside their hotel. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 ISS Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, far left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and ISS Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, third from left, along with the backup crew (unidentified) are briefed by an official prior to a final inspection of the capsule in the complex' integration facility Monday, Oct. 13, 2003, at the Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Foale, Kaleri and Duque launched Oct. 18, 2003 aboard a Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft enroute to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, report to launch officials on their inspection of the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft during a final vehicle training session at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 13, 2003. The trio launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 18, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The prime and backups crews for the launch of the Russian Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station listen to their certification for launch by a panel of Russian space officials in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel. Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, third from right, and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain launched Oct. 18, 2003, to the ISS. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, left, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, accompanied by Expedition 7 backups Alexander Kaleri, and Michael Foale, right, participate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 crew members Alexander Kaleri, front left, Michael Foale along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain walk off the bus at the launch pad, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, to liftoff in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left and NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu, along with their Russian cosmonaut crew members (out of frame), tour the Soyuz launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. The crew visited the pad prior to their scheduled launch on Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left, cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, backup crew for Expedition 7 astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, right, attend a press conference, Thursday April 10, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, not seen, ride the elevator to the top of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to launch in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, left, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, prepare to board a bus at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, for transportation to the launch pad to liftoff in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the ISS Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, front right, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, lower right, wave from a bus at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, before leaving to the launch pad for liftoff in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the ISS Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, right, along with Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, center, are joined by European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia outside Moscow, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, before departing for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for their launch on a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station scheduled for Oct. 18. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, left, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri gather on a bus following their arrival in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, in preparation for their Oct. 18 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, left foreground, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale walk to a bus at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, for transportation to the launch pad to liftoff in a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the ISS Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Michael Foale, left, Expedition 7 backup crew member; Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; Alexander Y. Kaleri, backup crew member; and Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, right are pictured as they visit the quarters of Yuri Gagarin after having visited the Soyuz launch pad and performing a final check of the Soyuz capsule at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)

Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left, talks with Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, right, as they review documents prior to entering the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, responds to a reporter's question as Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, look on during a prelaunch news conference, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, receive final well wishes from Russian and U.S. officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, prior to their launch on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale receives the traditional prelaunch blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest in the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan before he, Expedition 8 Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain departed for the launch pad. The trio were launched a few hours later on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the International Space Station on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri share a moment while suiting up prior to departing for the launch pad with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, left, and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, isten to their certification for launch by a panel of Russian space officials in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Victor Grin, a member of the Russian State Commission, left, greets Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, far right, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, upon their arrival in Baikonur, Kazakhstan for the Oct. 18 launch of a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Clockwise from top right, Expedition 7 Commander, Yuri I. Malenchenko, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Edward T. Lu and prime crew Flight Surgeon Tom Marshburn, unidentified Russian flight surgeon, along with cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and astronaut Michael Foale, top left, eat dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 Commander, Yuri I. Malenchenko, second from left, facing camera, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Edward T. Lu, center, and prime crew Flight Surgeon Thomas Marshburn eat dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel along with the backup crew members, astronaut Michael Foale, left, back to camera, cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, center, back to camera, and an unidentified Russian flight surgeon in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, second left and Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri along with Gen. Valery Korzun, the Chief of the Cosmonaut Corps, front right, watch home videos aboard the bus transporting the crew to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003 prior to the crew's launch to the Interrnational Space Station. The viewing of home videos on the bus is one of many prelaunch traditions for all departing crews. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The prime and backup crews for the Expedition 8 mission to the International Space Station and the prime and backup European Space Agency astronauts receive final well-wishes from Russian and U.S. space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, before launch. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and the ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the ISS on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

With a throng of reporters looking on, the prime and backup crews for the Expedition 8 mission to the International Space Station and the prime and backup European Space Agency Astronauts receive final well-wishes from Russian and U.S. space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, before heading to the launch pad. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the ISS on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Aviation and Space Agency Deputy Director-General Nikolai Moiseev, left, offers a final farewell to Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, third from right, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, foreground right, prior to their departure for the launch pad, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the ISS on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

With a throng of reporters looking on, the prime and backup crews for the Expedition 8 mission to the International Space Station and the prime and backup European Space Agency Astronauts receive final well-wishes from Russian and U.S. space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, before heading to the launch pad. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the ISS on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

With NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, far right, looking on, the prime and backup crews for the Expedition 8 mission to the International Space Station and the prime and backup European Space Agency astronauts receive final well-wishes from Russian and U.S. space officials at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003 prior to their departure for launch. Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and the ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle, arriving at the ISS on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, foreground and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale along with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, not pictured, are escorted to the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. The trio were launched on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, bottom, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, top and Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, receive final well wishes from Russian and U.S. officials at the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. The trio were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The prime and backup crews for Expedition 8 and European Space Agency crew members prepare to depart the suitup room at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003 for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station. Seated in the front row are Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and the ESA's Pedro Duque of Spain, right. Standing behind them are backup Expedition 8 Commander Bill McArthur, backup Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev and backup ESA crewmember Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

At the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Station, astronaut C. Michael Foale prepares to return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He spent approximately four-and-a-half months living and working aboard the Russian Space Station Mir. Foale returned to Earth Oct. 6 aboard the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis, which docked with the Mir during the just-completed STS-86 Shuttle mission. Foale was replaced on the Mir by STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf

ISS008-E-10754 (28 December 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses with holiday decorations in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

Michael Foale, who flew six missions into space, speaks during the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame ceremony. The ceremony took place in the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, space shuttle astronauts Michael Foale left, and, Ellen Ochoa, pose with their plaques after being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

ISS007-E-17982 (25 Oct. 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, holds a camera in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS008-E-07169 (December 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, uses a communication system in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

S99-06194 (21 June 1999) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, rehearses Extravehicular Activity (EVA) with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mockup in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL).

S99-16055 (28 December 1999) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, signs an autograph during STS-103 crew return event at Ellington Field.

S86-E-5299 (27 Sept. 1997) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, cosmonaut guest researcher, shows his pleasure over a package of fresh fruit brought aboard Russia?s Mir Space Station by the STS-86 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. This photograph captures Foale in his last hours as a cosmonaut guest researcher aboard Mir. Astronaut David A. Wolf, mission specialist, will replace Foale onboard the Mir, as cosmonaut guest researcher. This photograph was taken with the Electronic Still Camera (ESC) at 23:11:26 GMT on Sept. 27, 1997. Photo credit: NASA

STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale rides in an M-113 armored personnel carrier as part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. STS-84 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. After docking, Foale will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff

STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale participates in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities at Launch Pad 39A. STS-84 will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Foale, a veteran of three space flights, will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff

The prime and backup crews for the Oct. 18 launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, backup European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, prime European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, prime Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale and backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S99-06192 (21 June 1999) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, wearing an underwater-adapted training version of the Shuttle extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), prepares to go below the water in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Foale and other astronauts assigned to STS-103 space walk duty are in training for EVA chores they will handle when they make the third servicing visit to the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST) since its deployment in April 1990.

ISS008-E-21606 (15 April 2004) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer, completes his third and final data collection with the Hand Posture Analysis (HPA) investigation in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). After setting up the video tape recorder (VTR) for documenting the activities, Foale used the posture acquisition glove (PAG), which has delicate sensors attached to the tops of the fingers, to operate the handgrip dynamometer (HGD).

S99-08658 (24 May 1999) ---Astronaut C. Michael Foale, STS-103 mission specialist, adjusts his communication headgear while preparing for a session of emergency bailout training at the Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration Facility. Foale will join six other astronauts for the autumn 1999 visit to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)--NASA's third servicing mission to the orbiting observatory.

STS103-501-026 (19 - 27 December 1999) --- Astronauts C. Michael Foale, left, and Claude Nicollier (on Discovery's robotic arm) install a Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) into a protective enclosure in the Shuttle’s payload bay. Foale and Nicollier performed the second of three space walks to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on the STS-103 mission. A large format camera inside Discovery's cabin was used to record this high-resolution image, while the Shuttle was orbiting above ocean and clouds.

In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Chairman Dan Brandenstein, left, also a Hall of Fame astronaut, presents inductee Michael Foale with his hall of fame medal. Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, right, a Hall of Fame member, presented Foale for induction. During this year's ceremonies, space shuttle astronaut Ellen Ochoa also was enshrined.

STS-103 Mission Specialist Michael Foale autographs mementos for Boeing-KSC employees. Foale and other crew members gave a presentation at the Center for employees and VIPs about their mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. STS-103 launched Dec. 19, 1999, and landed Dec. 27, 1999, after a successful mission that included three space walks

S103-E-5184 (21 December 1999) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, performs a minor maintenance task on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. The long rectangular structure near Foale's head is the escape pole, which has been standard equipment on the shuttle fleet since 1988. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 10:39:31 GMT, Dec. 21, 1999.

ISS008-E-21610 (15 April 2004) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer, completes his third and final data collection with the Hand Posture Analysis (HPA) investigation in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). After setting up the video tape recorder (VTR) for documenting the activities, Foale used the posture acquisition glove (PAG), which has delicate sensors attached to the tops of the fingers, to operate the handgrip dynamometer (HGD).

STS084-356-017 (15-24 May 1997) --- Prior to the Space Shuttle Atlantis' docking with Russia's Mir Space Station, astronaut C. Michael Foale was photographed on the middeck going over checklists. Before the mission was complete, Foale had traded in his current attire for that of his scheduled environs for the next several months onboard Mir.

S91-30197 (1 March 1991) --- A wider shot of astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, standing on a platform which is part of a system that will lower him into a 25-ft. deep pool. Foale used the pool in the weightless environment training facility (WET-F) to rehearse a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA). Two SCUBA-equipped swimmers assist. Astronauts wear pressurized spacesuits configured for achieving a neutrally buoyant condition in the water to simulate both planned and contingency EVAs.