Expedition 28

Occurred 12 years ago

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was delivered and installed on the station to search for antimatter and dark matter and measure cosmic rays. Robonaut was also tested to demonstrate its ability to assist crews inside and outside the orbital outpost. The Expedition 27 and 28 crews also explored how space affects visual and mental perception and blood pressure and hormonal regulation.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Andrey Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev, Ron Garan, Michael Fossum, Sergei Volkov, Satoshi Furukawa

Launch

April 4, 2011

Landing

Sept. 15, 2011

Expedition 28 Official Crew Portrait — Expedition 28 crew members take a break from training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Pictured from the right (front row) are Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, commander; Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, both flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, all flight engineers.
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Expedition 28 Official Crew Insignia — The official insignia of the Expedition 28 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Andrey Borisenko, Commander
Alexander Samokutyaev, Flight Engineer
Ronald Garan, Flight Engineer
Michael Fossum, Flight Engineer
Sergei Volkov, Flight Engineer
Satoshi Furukawa, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

9/15/11 – Expedition 27/28 Land
7/19/11 – STS-135 Undock
7/10/11 – STS-135 Dock
6/23/11 – ISS Progress 43 Dock
6/21/11 – ISS Progress 43 Launch
6/9/11 – Expedition 28/29 Dock
6/7/11 – Expedition 28/29 Launch
5/29/11 – STS-134 Undock

Spacewalks

Date: Aug. 3, 2011
Duration: 6 hours, 23 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergei Volkov, Alexander Samokutyaev

Date: July 12, 2011
Duration: 6 hours, 31 minutes
Spacewalkers: Ron Garan, Mike Fossum

Date: May 27, 2011
Duration: 7 hours, 24 minutes
Spacewalkers: Andrew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff

Date: May 25, 2011
Duration: 6 hours, 54 minutes
Spacewalkers: Andrew Feustel, Mike Fincke

Date: May 22, 2011
Duration: 8 hours, 7 minutes
Spacewalkers: Andrew Feustel, Mike Fincke

Date: May 20, 2011
Duration: 6 hours, 19 minutes
Spacewalkers: Andrew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff

Expedition 28 Resources

News Releases

The news releases for Expedition 28 covering a variety of mission events and other activities both on Earth and in space.

Earth's Moon, Venus, Jupiter and the crescent of Earth at the top.

Expedition Press Kit

Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.

The Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE) Growth and Extinction Limits (GEL) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) studies flame growth and extinction in an effort to improve fire safety in space. This image shows a sequence of snapshots taken about 3 seconds apart. During this test point, the ambient oxygen concentration starts relatively high (28%). Initially, the flame is seen as yellow and sooty. As the ambient pressure is reduced, the flame becomes bluer and continues to shrink until fully extinguished. This gives researchers pressure limit data points for flame extinction that could help improve crew and spacecraft safety for future exploration missions.

Mission Science

Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content about this topic.

One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 222 nautical miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Africa near the Tropic of Cancer, photographed this eye-catching panorama of the night sky and the Milky Way on Sept. 27. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, tweeted the image, which was taken with an electronic still camera, set with a 24mm focal length. In his accompanying comments, Wiseman stated, "Sahara sands make the Earth glow orange."

Mission Imagery

During Expedition 28, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 28 in the gallery.