Satoshi Furukawa, born April 4, 1964 in Yokohama City, Japan, is a surgeon and a JAXA astronaut. He went into space aboard Soyuz TMA-02M in June 2011 to the International Space Station. He participated in Expeditions 28 and 29 before returning to Earth in November 2011.
He was an aquanaut during the NEEMO 13 project in the Aquarius underwater laboratory in August 2007.
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, born February 20, 1972 in Sevastopol, Ukraine, is a veteran of three space flights to the International Space Station. He has served as an instructor and pilot for the Russian Air Force.
His first flight was as commander of Soyuz TMA-22, which launched in November 2011 and returned to Earth in April 2012. He served as flight engineer for Expeditions 29 and 30. He made on EVA during the mission with fellow cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, which lasted 6 hours, 15 minutes.
His second flight was as commander of Soyuz TMA-15M, launched in November 2014 and returned to Earth June 2015 after 199 days in space. Shkaplerov's total time in space was up to 365 days. He was part of Expeditions 42 and 43.
His third flight was as commander of Soyuz MS-07, launched in December 2017 and returned to Earth in June 2018 after 166 days. He participated in Expeditions 54 and 55. He performed another EVA with fellow cosmonaut and Expedition 54 commander Alexander Misurkin, which lasted 8 hours, 13 minutes, the longest Russian spacewalk ever.
Anatoli Ivanishin, born January 15, 1969, is a cosmonaut who has been into space twice.
His first trip into space was aboard Soyuz TMA-22 to the International Space Station in November 2011. He participated in Expeditions 29 and 30. He spent 165 days in space, returning to Earth in April 2012.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz MS-01 to the ISS in July 2016. He was a part of Expeditions 48 and 49. He was commander of Expedition 49. He returned to Earth in October.
Michael Fossum, born December 19, 1957 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is a veteran of two space shuttle missions and one Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
His first trip into space was aboard Discovery (STS-121) as mission specialist to the ISS in July 2006. The main objective of this flight was to test new safety and repair techniques put into place after the Columbia disaster. He performed three EVAs with fellow astronaut Piers Sellers.
His second mission was aboard Discovery (STS-124) in May-June 2008 as mission specialist to the ISS. He performed three more EVAs with fellow astronaut Ronald Garan.
His third and final trip into space was aboard Soyuz TMA-02M, which launched in June 2011 as part of Expedition 28 crew. He was commander of Expedition 29 from September to November 2011, when he returned to Earth
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