View of FE Garan taken during a session of EVA

ISS028-E-016148 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, is pictured in the International Space Station's Quest airlock prior to a July 12 spacewalk he performed outside the docked station and space shuttle Atlantis with station crewmate Mike Fossum (out of frame). NASA astronauts Garan and Fossum a short time later joined forces to complete some needed chores during the six and half hour spacewalk.

View of FE Garan taken with a Fisheye Camera during EVA

ISS028-E-016121 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, uses a tether to secure his position during the July 12 spacewalk he performed outside the docked International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis with station crewmate Mike Fossum (out of frame). The Persian Gulf can be seen on the Earth below. With support from crewmates inside the station and shuttle, NASA astronauts Garan and Fossum joined forces to complete some needed chores during the six and half hour spacewalk.

View of FE Garan taken with a Fisheye Camera during EVA

ISS028-E-016122 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, uses a tether to secure his position during the July 12 spacewalk he performed outside the docked International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis with station crewmate Mike Fossum (out of frame). The Persian Gulf can be seen on the Earth below. With support from crewmates inside the station and shuttle, NASA astronauts Garan and Fossum joined forces to complete some needed chores during the six and half hour spacewalk.

Expedition 29 Landing

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 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum performs the traditional door signing Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Fossum was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum

PHOTO DATE: 07-16-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: 28 crew member Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergei Volkov during Emergency Scenario Assigned to training in ISS mockups PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

ISS 28 crew member Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergei Volkov

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

ISS 28 crew member Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergei Volkov

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

ISS 28 crew member Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Sergei Volkov

Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum speaks during a press conference, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

ISS028-E-016153 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, is pictured over International Space Station's Destiny lab. With support from crewmates inside the station and shuttle , NASA astronauts Garan and Mike Fossum (out of frame) joined forces to complete some needed chores during a six and half hour spacewalk.

View of FE Garan taken during a session of EVA

Expedition 29 Landing

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 Landing

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 Landing

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 Landing

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 28 Preflight

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum waves to friends and family while he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum is helped by Russian suit technicians to a chair where his Russian Sokol suit will be pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will launch the following morning on June 8 carrying Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum is helped by Russian suit technicians to a chair where his Russian Sokol suit will be pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will launch the following morning on June 8 carrying Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will launch the following morning on June 8 carrying Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum motions to friends and family while he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, and Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia share a laugh during a press conference, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, and Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia are seen during a press conference, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, looks on as Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov speaks during a press conference, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum stands during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 State Commission

NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Gene Goldman (center) welcomed members of the STS-124 Discovery space shuttle crew during their July 23 visit to the center. Crew members who visited Stennis were (l to r) Pilot Ken Ham, Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg, Kelly, and Mission Specialists Ron Garan and Mike Fossum.

STS-124 crew visits Stennis

Expedition 29 Landing

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)

Expedition 29 Landing

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)

Expedition 29 Landing

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 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, right, has his Russian Sokol suit checked by Peggy Whitson, Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johonson Space Center, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, right, have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by a technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tueday, June 7, 2011. Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa and launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 29 Landing

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)

STS-135 Shuttle Atlantis leaving the ISS

ISS028-E-018039 (19 July 2011) --- This picture of the space shuttle Atlantis was photographed from the International Space Station as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011. The Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, which transported tons of supplies to the complex, can be seen in the cargo bay. It is filled with different materials from the station for return to Earth. Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander; Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers. Onboard the shuttle were NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists.

STS-135 Shuttle Atlantis leaving the ISS

ISS028-E-018032 (19 July 2011) --- This picture of the space shuttle Atlantis was photographed from the International Space Station as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011. The Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, which transported tons of supplies to the complex, can be seen in the cargo bay. It is filled with different materials from the station for return to Earth. Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander; Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers. Onboard the shuttle were NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists.

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)

Expeditions 26, 27, 28 & 29 Presentation

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum blows a kiss to well wishers as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expeditions 26, 27, 28 & 29 Presentation

Expedition 28 Departs Star City

Expedition 28 crew members, Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, center, and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, pose for a photograph on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Star City, Russia. The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their June launch onboard a Soyuz rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 28 Departs Star City

Expedition 28 crew members, Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, center, and Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, answer reporters questions during a crew departure press conference held on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Star City, Russia. The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their June launch onboard a Soyuz rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, right, and NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum wave after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked, Tuesday Jun 7, 2011, in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 Departs Star City

Expedition 28 crew members, Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, center, and Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, answer reporters questions during a crew departure press conference held on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Star City, Russia. The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their June launch onboard a Soyuz rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA

Expedition 28 Preflight

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, third from right sitting, and JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, second from right, sit while Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Volkov, Fossum and Furukawa are scheduled to launch in the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft to the International Space Station the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expeditions 26, 27, 28 & 29 Presentation

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)

Expeditions 26, 27, 28 & 29 Presentation

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)

Expeditions 26, 27, 28 & 29 Presentation

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)

Expeditions 26, 27, 28 & 29 Presentation

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 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 crew members from bottom, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa wave from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 crew members from bottom, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa wave from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

Expedition 28 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, right, speaks as NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, and Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia look on during a press conference, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, right, and JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa wave farewell to well wishers as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, right, are seen during a press conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, June 6, 2011. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

The crew of Expedition 28 depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Pictured from left is Expedition 28 Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, right, and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum sit after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The crew of Expedition 28 will launch onboard their Soyuz TMA-02M on the morning of June 8 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 State Commission

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA backup Flight Engineer Don Pettit are seen seated during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Press Conference

The crew of Expedition 28 gives the thumbs after having their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Pictured from left are NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 State Commission

Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, center, stands with NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, and Japan Aerospace Exploratin Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station, Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on Tuesday, June 8, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Preflight

The crew of Expedition 28 depart the Cosmonaut Hotel depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Leading the way is Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, followed by Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, and JAXA Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 28 Departs Star City

The prime and backup crew members for Expedition 28 to the International Space Station pose for pictures on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, from left to right are NASA astronaut and backup flight engineer Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut and backup Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko, European Space Agency astronaut and backup flight engineer Andre Kuipers, NASA astronaut and prime crew flight engineer Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut and prime Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, Japan Aerospace astronaut and prime crew flight engineer Satoshi Furukawa. The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their June launch onboard a Soyuz rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

EVA training for Exp. 27 crew member Ron Garan, Exp. 28 Mike Fossum and STS-135 Doug Hurley, Rex Walheim and Sandra Magnus

JSC2011-E-003204 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist; and Mike Fossum (foreground), Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 commander; use the virtual reality lab in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center to train for some of their duties aboard the space shuttle and space station. This type of computer interface, paired with virtual reality training hardware and software, helps to prepare crew members for dealing with space station elements. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

EVA training for Exp. 27 crew member Ron Garan, Exp. 28 Mike Fossum and STS-135 Doug Hurley, Rex Walheim and Sandra Magnus

JSC2011-E-003210 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 commander, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of his duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear a helmet and special gloves while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

EVA training for Exp. 27 crew member Ron Garan, Exp. 28 Mike Fossum and STS-135 Doug Hurley, Rex Walheim and Sandra Magnus

JSC2011-E-003213 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Mike Fossum (left), Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 commander; and Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, use virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of his duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear a helmet and special gloves while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Expedition 29 Postflight

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 Postflight

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 Postflight

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)

Vice President Richard B. Cheney Meets STS-124 Crew

Vice President Richard B. Cheney, center, poses with astronauts from the STS-124 mission at the Vice President's residence Wednesday July 16, 2008, in Washington. Crew members from left are: NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Mission Specialist Mike Fossum, Mission Specialist Ron Garan, Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg, Pilot Ken Ham and Commander Mark Kelly. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

View of Expedition 28 FE Fossum in the Airlock prior to a session of EVA

ISS028-E-016090 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, is pictured in the International Space Station's Quest airlock prior to the July 12 spacewalk he performed outside the docked station and space shuttle Atlantis with station crewmate Mike Fossum (out of frame). NASA astronauts Garan and Fossum a short time later joined forces to complete some needed chores during the six and half hour spacewalk.