 After his first flight, Colonel Ford trained for and works space missions as a Space Station CAPCOM in the Mission Control Center.On October 23, 2012 Ford was again launched into space as part of Expedition 33 aboard Soyuz TMA-06M.Ford became commander of Expedition 34 on November 18, 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 33 crew to Earth.