 He was also the Director Of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia from January 2004 to January 2005.He was pilot of STS-128 and Flight Engineer 2 of Soyuz TMA-06M from October 23, 2012 to March 16, 2013.Ford was born July 7, 1960, in Portland, Indiana and considers Montpelier, Indiana his hometown.