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Expedition 28
Image above: The Expedition 28 crew members, from right (front row) are Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Mike Fossum. Pictured from the left (back row) are Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa, Ron Garan and Sergei Volkov. Photo credit: NASA › View hi-res
Crew Profiles
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Commander Andrey Borisenko
Selected as a cosmonaut candidate in May 2003, Borisenko is the Expedition 28 commander aboard the International Space Station and was an Expedition 27 flight engineer.
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Flight Engineer Ronald J. Garan Jr.
NASA Astronaut Ron Garan flew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 27 and 28. Garan previously visited the station as an STS-124 mission specialist aboard space shuttle Discovery in June 2008.
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Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev
Selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 2003, Alexander Samokutyaev traveled to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 27 and 28.
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Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov
Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov flew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft to serve as flight engineer for Expeditions 28 and 29. Volkov commanded the Expedition 17 mission during his first spaceflight.
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Flight Engineer Michael E. Fossum
NASA Astronaut Mike Fossum flew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft to serve as flight engineer for Expedition 28 and as commander for Expedition 29.
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Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa
JAXA Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa flew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft to serve as flight engineer for Expeditions 28 and 29. This is Furukawa's first spaceflight.
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Overview
Expedition 28 began after the Soyuz TMA-20 undocked May 23, 2011. Three new crew members arrived June 9, 2011, on the Soyuz TMA-02M.
Soyuz TMA-21
Crew: Andrey Borisenko, Ron Garan, Alexander Samokutyaev
Launch:
April 4, 2011, 6:18 p.m. EDT
Docking:
April 6, 2011, 7:18 p.m. EDT
Landing:
› Sept. 15, 2011, 11:59 p.m. EDT (Sept. 16, 9:59 a.m. Kazakhstan time)
Soyuz TMA-02M
Crew: Sergei Volkov, Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa
Launch:
› June 7, 2011 4:12 p.m. EDT (June 8, 2:12 a.m. Baikonur time)
Docking:
June 9, 2011, 5:18 p.m. EDT
Landing:
› Nov. 21, 2011 9:26 p.m. EST (Nov. 22, 8:26 a.m. Baikonur time)
Spacewalks:
› July 12, 2011
› Aug. 3, 2011
› Expedition 27/28 Press Kit (4.7 MB PDF)
› Expedition 28 Mission Summary (250 KB PDF)
Expedition 28 Multimedia
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Expedition 28 Gallery
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