NASA Twitter followers are seen at a Tweetup hosted by NASA astronaut Ron Garan at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan was a flight engineer on both the Expedition 27 and 28 missions at the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA Twitter followers are seen at a Tweetup hosted by NASA astronaut Ron Garan at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan was a flight engineer on both the Expedition 27 and 28 missions at the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A NASA Twitter follower tweets during astronaut Ron Garan's Tweetup at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan was a flight engineer on both the Expedition 27 and 28 missions at the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA Twitter follower Sarah Smith, Twitter handle @smith5se, asks a question at a Tweetup hosted by astronaut Ron Garan at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan, far right, discusses his experiences while living on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 27 and 28 mission during a tweetup at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan has logged more than 178 days in space and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA in four spacewalks. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan discusses his experiences while living on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 27 and 28 mission during a tweetup at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan has logged more than 178 days in space and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA in four spacewalks. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan discusses his experiences while living on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 27 and 28 mission during a tweetup at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan has logged more than 178 days in space and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA in four spacewalks. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan looks out the window of his helicopter as it prepares to depart for Karaganda from the Soyuz TMA-21 Capsule landing site outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, and Alexander Samokutyaev returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan waves as he is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after he and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev landed in their Soyuz TMA-21 Soyuz Capsule in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Garan, Russian Cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan rest outside the Soyuz TMA-21 Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev landed in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Garan, Russian Cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan smiles as he is carried in a chair to the medical tent shortly after he and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev landed in their Soyuz TMA-21 Soyuz Capsule in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Garan, Russian Cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Official Astronaut Portrait of Ron Garan - Individual EMU Portrait. Photo Date: November 30, 2010. Location: Building 8, Room 272 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Garan was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, left, Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Ron Garan, right, are seen at a press conference at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan following their landing to earth on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Borisenko, Samokutyaev and Garan are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, left, Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev, center, and Ron Garan, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Garan, Russian Cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Garan was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
ISS028-E-015796 (10 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, has picked out a window on the Zvezda service module from which to view and photograph the space shuttle Atlantis, which can be seen here as a tiny object during rendezvous operations on July 12, 2011.
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD
PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
Astronaut Ron Garan, right, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan is joined by astronaut Catherine Coleman who was a flight engineer on Expeditions 26 & 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan gives the thumbs up while his Russian Sokol suit is prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko wave farewell to well wishers as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Monday, April 4, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Ron Garan, 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 Monday, April 4, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA astronaut Ron Garan gives a keynote address at the Susan G. Komen International Global Women's Cancer Summit, held on World Cancer Day, Monday, February 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Attendees include world leaders in health and women’s cancers, experts in technology and innovation; government leaders, private sector and industry leaders, members of the global health community, media and representatives from community-level organizations. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA astronaut Ron Garan gives a keynote address at the Susan G. Komen International Global Women's Cancer Summit, held on World Cancer Day, Monday, February 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Attendees include world leaders in health and women’s cancers, experts in technology and innovation; government leaders, private sector and industry leaders, members of the global health community, media and representatives from community-level organizations. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA astronaut Ron Garan gives a keynote address at the Susan G. Komen International Global Women's Cancer Summit, held on World Cancer Day, Monday, February 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Attendees include world leaders in health and women’s cancers, experts in technology and innovation; government leaders, private sector and industry leaders, members of the global health community, media and representatives from community-level organizations. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
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.
NASA astronaut Ron Garan gives a keynote address at the Susan G. Komen International Global Women's Cancer Summit, held on World Cancer Day, Monday, February 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Attendees include world leaders in health and women’s cancers, experts in technology and innovation; government leaders, private sector and industry leaders, members of the global health community, media and representatives from community-level organizations. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
JSC2010-E-187196 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, works with extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment during a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Garan is wearing a liquid cooling and ventilation garment that complements his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2010-E-187211 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, gets help donning a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, and a suit technician assisted Garan. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2010-E-187203 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, assisted Garan. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Monday, April 4, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, sitting far left, smiles as NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan flashes the peace sign to friends and family as they await to have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch on April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, sitting right, smiles to friends and family while Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev checks his Russian Sokol Suit the morning of their launch on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly waves to friends and family as he awaits to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Backup crew member Ron Garan, left, looks on. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 to the International Space Station (ISS), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov, far right, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 to the International Space Station (ISS), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
JSC2010-E-187215 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2010-E-187220 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, is at right. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2010-E-187216 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, is at right. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2010-E-187214 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, right, talk to officials prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Astronaut Catherine Coleman, center, Expedition 26 and 27 flight engineer, discusses her mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Coleman is seen with fellow astronauts Mike Fossum, left, and Ron Garan. Fossum was a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and Commander of Expedition 29. Garan was a flight engineer on Expeditions 27 & 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Catherine Coleman, center, Expedition 26 and 27 flight engineer, discusses her mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Coleman is seen with fellow astronauts Mike Fossum, left, and Ron Garan. Fossum was a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and Commander of Expedition 29. Garan was a flight engineer on Expeditions 27 & 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Ron Garan, far right, Expedition 27 & 28 flight engineer, discusses his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan is joined by astronauts Catherine Coleman, center, and Mike Fossum. Coleman was a flight engineer on Expeditions 26 & 27, and Fossum was a flight engineer on Expedition 28 and Expedition 29 Commander. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
JSC2011-E-003209 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, 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. David Homan assisted Garan. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The crew of Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, sitting far left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, sitting far right, are seen after having their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch on the morning of Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian backup crew members Anatoly Ivanishin, far left, and Anton Shkaplerov are seen standing behind the prime crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, far right, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, third from right, talk to Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov, far left, prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, far right, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, third from right, talk to Mike Suffredini, Manager, International Space Station (ISS) Program, far left, prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
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)
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)
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
The crews of Expedition 26 and Expedition 27 are seen on a large screen TV on the far right at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 27's arrival to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. From top left clockwise: Italian Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 27 Commander Dimitry Kondratiev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The crews of Expedition 27 and Expedition 28 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 28's arrival to the International Space Station on Friday, June 10, 2011. From top left clockwise: Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, AXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The crews of Expedition 26 and Expedition 27 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 27's arrival to the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. From top left clockwise: Italian Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 27 Commander Dimitry Kondratiev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The crews of Expedition 27 and Expedition 28 are seen on a large screen TV at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after Expedition 28's arrival to the International Space Station on Friday, June 10, 2011. From top left clockwise: Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, AXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
View out the window of the helicopter carrying Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan from the Soyuz TMA-21 Capsule landing site outside of the town of Zhezkazgan to Karagnada, Kazakhstan on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, and Alexander Samokutyaev returned from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan answers reporters questions in traditional Kazakh dress during a press conference at the Karaganda airport shortly after he and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineer Ron Garan landed in their Soyuz TMA-21 outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ISS028-E-019487 (31 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, trims astronaut Mike Fossum?s hair in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. Garan used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.
Carmel Garan, center, wife of Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, is seen at Russian Mission Control in Korolev, Russia speaking to her husband shortly after his arrival at the International Space Station on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
S124-E-007446 (8 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, prepares for the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Astronaut Mark Kelly, commander, assisted Garan.
ISS028-E-035053 (27 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, trims astronaut Mike Fossum's hair in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. Garan used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.
JSC2011-E-003206 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left foreground), Expedition 27/28 flight engineer; Mike Fossum (second left), Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 commander; Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, both STS-135 mission specialists, 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
JSC2007-E-054255 (14 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Ronald J. Garan Jr., mission specialist
ISS028-E-048060 (11 Sept. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, views a point on Earth through one of the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
Expedition 27 crew payload training on DECLIC with instructor Wayne Wright and Astronaut Ron Garan. Photo Date: July 14, 2010. Location: Building 5, RBUA/Rm. 1120B. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.
PHOTO DATE: 01-26-11 LOCATION: Bldg 2 SUBJECT: Expedition 27 press conference with NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 01-26-11 LOCATION: Bldg 2 SUBJECT: Expedition 27 press conference with NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
ISS027-E-011362 (10 April 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27 flight engineer, works on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
ISS027-E-030045 (11 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
S124-E-007980 (9 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, sleeps in his sleeping bag in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.
ISS027-E-013096 (15 April 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Cady Coleman, both Expedition 27 flight engineers, work with extravehicular activity (EVA) grease guns in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
Expedition 27 crew payload training on DECLIC with instructor Wayne Wright and Astronaut Ron Garan. Photo Date: July 14, 2010. Location: Building 5, RBUA/Rm. 1120B. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.
PHOTO DATE: 01-26-11 LOCATION: Bldg 2 SUBJECT: Expedition 27 press conference with NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
S124-E-009836 (10 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, uses a communication system in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.
Expedition 27 crew payload training on DECLIC with instructor Wayne Wright and Astronaut Ron Garan. Photo Date: July 14, 2010. Location: Building 5, RBUA/Rm. 1120B. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.
ISS028-E-005141 (24 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, enjoys a snack on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) while docked with the International Space Station.