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.
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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