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: 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: 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

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.

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)

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 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 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)

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

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.

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.

ISS028-E-035028 (27 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, trims astronaut Ron Garan's hair in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. Fossum used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

ISS028-E-009229 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Garan and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (out of frame), both Expedition 28 flight engineers, were participating in a ?dry run? in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, flight engineer, assisted Garan and Fossum during the exercise.

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.

ISS028-E-016069 (12 July 2011) --- Wearing extravehicular mobility unit space suits, NASA astronauts Mike Fossum (right), and Ron Garan, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, are assisted by NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (foreground) and Rex Walheim in the International Space Station's Quest airlock prior to the July 12 spacewalk during which Fossum and Garan egressed the orbiting complex to complete some needed chores.

ISS028-E-009234 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Garan and Fossum were participating in a ?dry run? in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7.

S124-E-007204 (8 June 2008) --- A "fish-eye" lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum (right), both STS-124 mission specialists, as they prepare 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. Astronauts Mark Kelly (background), commander, and Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, assisted Garan and Fossum.

S124-E-007439 (8 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum (right), both STS-124 mission specialists, prepare 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. Astronauts Mark Kelly (background center), commander, and Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, assisted Garan and Fossum.

ISS028-E-009216 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Garan and Fossum were participating in a ?dry run? in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7.

ISS028-E-009228 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Garan and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (visible in the reflections of Garan?s helmet visor), both Expedition 28 flight engineers, were participating in a ?dry run? in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, flight engineer, assisted Garan and Fossum during the exercise.

ISS028-E-016271 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, egresses the Quest airlock on the International Space Station as he prepares to join crewmate Mike Fossum on a July 12 spacewalk

S124-E-007652 (7 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mike Fossum (foreground) and Ron Garan, both mission specialists, are busy in the Harmony node on the eve of STS-124's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to perform work on the International Space Station.

S135-E-007582 (12 July 2011) --- With the help of his hands and a tether, NASA astronaut Ron Garan hangs from the U.S. lab or Destiny during a July 12 extravehicular activity (EVA) that lasted just over six and a half hours. Out of frame is astronaut Mike Fossum. Photo credit: NASA

ISS028-E-016265 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, egresses the Quest airlock on the International Space Station as he prepares to join crewmate Mike Fossum on a July 12 spacewalk.

S124-E-006586 (5 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mike Fossum's "busy" helmet visor was photographed in this very close-up image during the second of three scheduled spacewalks shared by him and astronaut Ron Garan (out of frame), his STS-124 mission specialist crewmate.

S124-E-007740 (7 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both STS-124 mission specialists, work with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

ISS028-E-016253 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, egresses the Quest airlock on the International Space Station as he prepares to join crewmate Mike Fossum on a July 12 spacewalk.

S135-E-007507 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, is pictured in one of a series of pictures that documented the July 12 spacewalk involving him and NASA astronaut Ron Garan as the outside participants for the six and a half hour event. Photo credit: NASA

ISS028-E-016252 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, egresses the Quest airlock on the International Space Station as he prepares to join crewmate Mike Fossum on a July 12 spacewalk.

S124-E-005444 (1 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ron Garan (bottom) and Mike Fossum, both STS-124 mission specialists, are pictured near the galley on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

An area student prepares to ask a question of astronauts Ron Garan, Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa during a live video linkup with the International Space Station at Stennis Space Center on Aug. 18. Students from four Louisiana and Mississippi schools gathered at Stennis for the center's first-ever live video link from space.

ISS028-E-016269 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, egresses the Quest airlock on the International Space Station as he prepares to join crewmate Mike Fossum on a July 12 spacewalk

S135-E-007500 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, is pictured in one of a series of pictures that documented the July 12 spacewalk involving him and NASA astronaut Ron Garan as the outside participants for the six and a half hour event. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007585 (12 July 2011) --- With the help of his hands and a tether, NASA astronaut Ron Garan hangs from the U.S. lab or Destiny during a July 12 extravehicular activity (EVA) that lasted just over six and a half hours. Out of frame is astronaut Mike Fossum. Photo credit: NASA

ISS028-E-016249 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, egresses the Quest airlock module on the International Space Station as he prepares to join crewmate Mike Fossum on a July 12 spacewalk.

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.

S124-E-007733 (7 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, goes over a checklist while preparing for the third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the following day. Astronauts Garan and Mike Fossum (out of frame) have already successfully completed two spacewalks to complete a variety of tasks.

S135-E-007515 (12 July 2011) --- With his feet secured on a restraint on the space station remote manipulator system’s robotic arm or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, carries the pump module, which was the focus of one of the primary chores accomplished on a six and a half hour spacewalk on July 12. NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, also a station flight engineer, who shared the spacewalk with Garan, is out of frame. Photo credit: NASA

ISS028-E-009217 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Garan and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (out of frame), both Expedition 28 flight engineers, were participating in a ?dry run? in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7.

S124-E-007226 (8 June 2008) --- A "fish-eye" lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Garan and astronaut Mike Fossum (out of frame) were about to begin the mission's third scheduled spacewalk.

S135-E-007614 (12 July 2011) --- Suspended in a very unique position on the end of the space station remote manipulator system or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum takes a picture during a July 12 spacewalk. Fossum and NASA astronaut Ron Garan spent just a little over six and a half hours on their various tasks. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007604 (12 July 2011) --- Suspended in a very unique position on the end of the space station remote manipulator system or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum takes a picture during a July 12 spacewalk. Fossum and NASA astronaut Ron Garan spent just a little over six and a half hours on their various tasks. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007609 (12 July 2011) --- Suspended in a very unique position on the end of the space station remote manipulator system or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum takes a picture during a July 12 spacewalk. Fossum and NASA astronaut Ron Garan spent just a little over six and a half hours on their various tasks. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007535 (12 July 2011) --- With his feet secured on a restraint on the space station remote manipulator system’s robotic arm or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, is holds the Robotics Refueling Mission payload, which was the focus of one of the primary chores accomplished on a six and a half hour spacewalk on July 12. NASA astronaut Ron Garan, also a station flight engineer, who shared the spacewalk with Fossum, is out of frame. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007595 (12 July 2011) --- With the space shuttle Atlantis as a backdrop, and restrained on the end of the space station remote manipulator system or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum takes a picture during a July 12 spacewalk. Fossum and NASA astronaut Ron Garan spent just a little over six and a half hours on their various tasks. The Kibo module of Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA, is at top frame. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007598 (12 July 2011) --- With the space shuttle Atlantis as a backdrop, and restrained on the end of the space station remote manipulator system or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum takes a picture during a July 12 spacewalk. Fossum and NASA astronaut Ron Garan spent just a little over six and a half hours on their various tasks. Photo credit: NASA

S124-E-007727 (7 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mark Kelly (foreground), STS-124 commander, and Mike Fossum, mission specialist, check on a couple of details related to the following day's scheduled spacewalk. The two extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suits seen here will be worn by astronauts Fossum and Ron Garan (out of frame) for the third and final scheduled spacewalk for Discovery's mission at the International Space Station.

S135-E-007656 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, waits at an International Space Station's pressurized mating adapter (PMA-2) docked to the space shuttle Atlantis, as the station's robotic system moves the failed pump module (out of frame) over to the spacewalking astronaut and the shuttle's cargo bay. Fossum and crewmate Ron Garan sent six hours and 31 minutes on their July 12 spacewalk. Photo credit: NASA

ISS028-E-009218 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Fossum and NASA astronaut Ron Garan (out of frame), both Expedition 28 flight engineers, were participating in a ?dry run? in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7.

S124-E-007218 (8 June 2008) --- A "fish-eye" lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of astronauts Mark Kelly (left) and Mike Fossum, STS-124 commander and mission specialist, respectively, in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Fossum and astronaut Ron Garan (out of frame) were about to begin the mission's third scheduled spacewalk.

S124-E-007220 (8 June 2008) --- A "fish-eye" lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of astronauts Mark Kelly (left) and Mike Fossum, STS-124 commander and mission specialist, respectively, in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Fossum and astronaut Ron Garan (out of frame) were about to begin the mission's third scheduled spacewalk.

S135-E-007655 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, waits at an International Space Station's pressurized mating adapter (PMA-2) docked to the space shuttle Atlantis, as the station's robotic system moves the failed pump module (out of frame) over to the spacewalking astronaut and the shuttle's cargo bay. Fossum and crewmate Ron Garan sent six hours and 31 minutes on their July 12 spacewalk. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-009507 (18 July 2011) --- In the Quest airlock of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (left) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, check out an electronic still camera. A little over a week ago, Fossum and crewmate NASA astronaut Ron Garan began and ended an historic spacewalk in the airlock. Photo credit: NASA

S135-E-007633(12 July 2011) --- Following the six-hour, 31-minute spacewalk of NASA astronauts Ron Garan (top left) and Mike Fossum (top right), five members of the joint shuttle-station crew pose for photographs in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Remaining inside but contributing greatly to the outside duo were, from left front, NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, Doug Hurley, pilot, and Rex Walheim, mission specialist. Garan and Fossum are flight engineers for the station's Expedition 28 crew. Photo credit: NASA

S124-E-007254 (8 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mike Fossum (bottom) and Ron Garan, both STS-124 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 33-minute spacewalk, Fossum and Garan exchanged a depleted Nitrogen Tank Assembly for a new one, removed thermal covers and launch locks from the Kibo laboratory, reinstalled a repaired television camera onto the space station's left P1 truss, and retrieved samples of a dust-like substance from the left Solar Alpha Rotary Joint for analysis by experts on the ground.

S135-E-007634 (12 July 2011) --- Following the six-hour, 31-minute spacewalk of NASA astronauts Ron Garan (top left) and Mike Fossum (top right), five members of the joint shuttle-station crew pose for photographs in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Remaining inside but contributing greatly to the outside duo were, from left front, NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, Doug Hurley, pilot, and Rex Walheim, mission specialist. Garan and Fossum are flight engineers for the station's Expedition 28 crew. Photo credit: NASA

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.

S124-E-007248 (8 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mike Fossum (right) and Ron Garan, both STS-124 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 33-minute spacewalk, Fossum and Garan exchanged a depleted Nitrogen Tank Assembly for a new one, removed thermal covers and launch locks from the Kibo laboratory, reinstalled a repaired television camera onto the space station's left P1 truss, and retrieved samples of a dust-like substance from the left Solar Alpha Rotary Joint for analysis by experts on the ground.

S124-E-007251 (8 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mike Fossum (right) and Ron Garan, both STS-124 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 33-minute spacewalk, Fossum and Garan exchanged a depleted Nitrogen Tank Assembly for a new one, removed thermal covers and launch locks from the Kibo laboratory, reinstalled a repaired television camera onto the space station's left P1 truss, and retrieved samples of a dust-like substance from the left Solar Alpha Rotary Joint for analysis by experts on the ground.

S135-E-007632 (12 July 2011) --- Following the six-hour, 31-minute spacewalk of NASA astronauts Ron Garan (top left) and Mike Fossum (top right), five members of the joint shuttle-station crew pose for photographs in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Remaining inside but contributing greatly to the outside duo were, from left front, NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, Doug Hurley, pilot, and Rex Walheim, mission specialist. Garan and Fossum are flight engineers for the station's Expedition 28 crew. Photo credit: NASA

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.

ISS028-E-016067 (12 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, checks out tools 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 Ron Garan (out of frame). A short time later, NASA astronauts Garan and Fossum, with a great deal of support from crewmates inside the shirt sleeve environment of the spacecraft, joined forces to complete some needed chores during the six and half hour spacewalk.

S124-E-006920 (6 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ken Ham (foreground), STS-124 pilot; Mark Kelly, commander; Mike Fossum (partially obscured, left) and Ron Garan (partially obscured, right), both mission specialists, work in the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

ISS028-E-049074 (14 Sept. 2011) --- Expedition 28 crew members pose for a traditional in-flight crew portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left (front row) are Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, commander; NASA astronaut Mike Fossum and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, both flight engineers. From the left (back row) are Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, all flight engineers.

S124-E-005904 (3 June 2008) --- Attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, astronauts Mike Fossum (right) and Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialists, interlock hands in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as they are about to begin the mission's first scheduled spacewalk while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

ISS028-E-048400 (12 Sept. 2011) --- Four of the six Expedition 28 crew members onboard the International Space Station pose for a photo in the Harmony node. Pictured clockwise (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev; along with NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers.

Attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, astronauts Mike Fossum (right) and Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialists, are photographed in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as they are about to begin the mission first scheduled spacewalk while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-124 Commander (back to the camera), is visible in the background.

ISS028-E-016526 (13 July 2011) --- The Expedition 28 crewmembers open a cache of fruit and other food items in the Node 1 or Unity aboard the International Space Station. Standing in the back is Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, commander. In the middle (left to right) are NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov, all flight engineers. In the foreground are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (left) and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, both flight engineers.

S124-E-005912 (3 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mark Kelly (right), STS-124 commander, and Garrett Reisman, mission specialist, assist astronauts Mike Fossum (left) and Ron Garan (out of frame), mission specialists, in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station prior to the start of the mission's first scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

S124-E-006923 (6 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ron Garan (foreground), Mike Fossum (left background), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (top background), all STS-124 mission specialists; astronaut Mark Kelly (bottom background) and Ken Ham, commander and pilot, respectively, work in the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

ISS028-E-048379 (12 Sept. 2011) --- Four of the six Expedition 28 crew members onboard the International Space Station pose for a photo in the Harmony node. Pictured clockwise (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev; along with NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers.

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

ISS028-E-014918 (8 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, remove samples from the General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator (GLACIER) and insert in the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-014701 (8 July 2011) --- Expedition 28 crew members watch the launch of STS-135 space shuttle Atlantis from a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Pictured counter-clockwise (from top right) are Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, commander; Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, all flight engineers.

ISS028-E-010781 (30 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Mike Fossum (left) and Ron Garan, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, perform in-flight maintenance in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. The maintenance involved removing and replacing the failed Common Cabin Air Assembly (CCAA) heat exchanger in the P3 Midbay with a new spare Heat Exchanger Orbit Replaceable Unit (HX ORU) and lines.

ISS028-E-048386 (12 Sept. 2011) --- Four of the six Expedition 28 crew members onboard the International Space Station pose for a photo in the Harmony node. Pictured clockwise (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev; along with NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers.

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

ISS028-E-014916 (8 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, remove samples from the General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator (GLACIER) and insert in the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-050091 (15 Sept. 2011) --- Expedition 29 crew members bid farewell to Expedition 28 crew members in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station prior to boarding their Soyuz spacecraft for their trip back to Earth. Pictured in the foreground are NASA astronauts Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander; and Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer. Pictured in the background are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer; and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 28 flight engineer.

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 10-26-10 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew member Ron Garan and Expedition 28 crew member Mike Fossum during a joint INC-27/INC-28 ISS EVA Cleanup training session at the NBL WORK ORDER: 03126-BS__NBLEXP27_10-26-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

ISS028-E-016505 (13 July 2011) --- The unveiling of food items brings together the astronauts and cosmonauts who make up the Expedition 28 crew as they assemble in Node 1 or Unity in what represents one of the few non-portrait scenes showing all six crewmembers together. From the left are NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev, Andrey Borisenko and Sergei Volkov, and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum.