Astronaut Ron Garan tweeted this photo by fellow spaceflyer Mike Fossum (@astro_aggie) on October 5, 2011, showing auroral glow over Earth. He wrote: "@Astro_Aggie is changing the way us earthlings view our planet. Great snap Mike! #ISS #NASA."
NASA's Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, conducts a session with the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-6 (BCAT-6) experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station on Oct. 24, 2011.
An Expedition 29 Halloween pumpkin carved by Liz Warren.
In the International Space Station’s Columbus laboratory on Oct. 14, 2011, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, works on Water On/Off Valves (WOOV), performing inspection, cleaning, disinfection and encapsulation on WOOV 3, 4 and 5.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) of removing and replacing the failed Remote Power Controller Module (RPCM) equipment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station on Oct. 18, 2011.
Robonaut 2 – the first dexterous humanoid robot in space – is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station on Oct. 13, 2011.
Space station commander Mike Fossum spoke with SPACE.com from aboard the orbiting complex on Oct. 19, 2011.
This is one of a series of nighttime images photographed by one of the Expedition 29 crew members from the International Space Station. The image features airglow on the horizon against a starry sky with Russian spacecraft Soyuz and Progress in the foreground. Nadir coordinates are 27.8 degrees south latitude and 137.6 west longitude. The photo was taken at 11:32:37 GMT, Sept. 17, 2011.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, uses Neurospat hardware to perform a science session with the European Space Agency PASSAGES experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station on Oct. 6, 2011. PASSAGES is designed to test how astronauts interpret visual information in weightlessness. It aims at studying the effects of microgravity on the use of the 'Eye-Height' strategy for estimating allowed actions in an environment, and whether this could possibly decrease after a long exposure to weightlessness.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (right), Expedition 29 commander, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, both flight engineers, share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station on Sept. 16, 2011
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 29 flight engineer, checks the progress of a new growth experiment on the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) payload with its LADA-01 greenhouse in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station on Sept. 22, 2011.
One of the Expedition 29 crew members aboard the International Space Station, approximately 220 miles above Earth, took this nighttime picture showing clouds, lightning, airglow, Earth's terminator and lights of civilization along the central west coast of Africa on Sept. 16, 2011. Nadir coordinates are 9.04 degrees south latitude and 10.18 degrees east longitude.
In the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, prepares to insert samples into a Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) dewar tray for the second NUTRITION w/Repository collection period on Oct. 4, 2011.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, holds a still camera while looking through a window in the cupola of the International Space Station Space Station on Oct. 30, 2011.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 29, 2011. Filled with trash and discarded items, Progress 42 was deorbited at 8:10 a.m., subsequently burning up in Earth's atmosphere. The departure of Progress 42 clears the way for the next unpiloted supply ship, Progress 45, which is set to launch Oct. 30 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan bringing 2.9 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents of the space station.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, performs a check on Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) floating freely on Oct. 28, 2011, in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
Crepuscular rays near India are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 29 crew member on Oct. 18, 2011, from the International Space Station. Atmospheric scientists refer to this phenomenon as "crepuscular rays," referring to the typical observation times of either sunrise or sunset. When observed from the ground, crepuscular rays appear to radiate outwards from the source of illumination (the sun) due to the effects of distance and perspective; however the rays are actually parallel. This photograph from the space station provides an unusual viewing perspective from above the rays.
NASA Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, conducts a session with the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-6 (BCAT-6) experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station on Oct. 24, 2011.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, works on the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5/Science Insert-05 (CGBA-5/CSI-5) experiment in the Columbus laboratory on Oct. 18, 2011, on the International Space Station.
In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, activates the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) on Oct. 17, 2011, in preparation for work with the Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument-Colloid (SODI-COLLOID) hardware.
This is one of a series of nighttime images photographed by one of the Expedition 29 crew members from the International Space Station. It features Central and Eastern Europe, extending from the Netherlands to Hungary and Italy to northern Poland. Overall, the view includes the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Poland, and Hungary. When the photo was taken on Oct 2, 2011, the station was over Corsica.
This is one of a series of nighttime images photographed by one of the Expedition 29 crew members from the International Space Station on Sept. 18, 2011. It features the Aurora Australis, airglow, and parts of the southwest Tasman Sea. The light reflection seen originates from inside the spacecraft. Nadir coordinates are 47.94 degrees south latitude and 150.20 degrees east longitude.
This is a medium close-up view of NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, as he participates in the July 12 six and a half hour spacewalk on the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, checks out tools in the International Space Station's Quest airlock prior to the July 12, 2011, 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.
The Soyuz carrying NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa lifts off at 4:12 p.m. EDT (2012 GMT) on June 7, 2011.
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (left), Expedition 28 flight engineer; cosmonaut and Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov (center) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, flight engineer, pose for pictures outside their Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (center), with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov (background) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, participate in an advanced cardiac life support training session in an International Space Station mock-up/training facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
At the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (left), Expedition 28 flight engineer; cosmonaut and Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov (center) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pose for pictures on June 3, 2011 in front of the Soyuz booster in the integration facility.
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on June 5, 2011, at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 28 Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA flight engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) flight engineer Satoshi Furukawa is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, 2011.
