Astronaut Training and Events

Various astronauts in training and preparation for space missions, wearing blue jumpsuits, engaging with media, and participating in rehearsals.

STS-132 TCDT - CREW M113 TRAINING
STS-132 TCDT - CREW M113 TRAINING
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At the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency signs a mural of a Soyuz spacecraft launch Dec. 14, 2012, part of a tradition for all space travelers launching from the Central Asian spaceport. Hadfield, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA will launch Dec. 19 in the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank presents a commemorative collage of photographs from his mission to Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana for the employees of NASA's Florida spaceport for their support of the International Space Station.Burbank spent 165 days aboard the station during expeditions 29 and 30.
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STS-133 Post Mission Briefing
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NASA commercial crew astronaut Doug Hurley attends a training class for International Space Station ingress and egress procedures in the Space Vehicle Mock-Up Facility at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Hurley is assigned to the SpaceX Crew Dragons first crewed flight.
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Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté answers reporters questions at a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Liberté is scheduled to launch with Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.
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Expedition 65 crew member Mark Vande Hei of NASA, arrives for Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of his scheduled launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.
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STS-132 Press Conference. Photo Date: May 3, 2010. Location: Building 2N, Press Conference Room.
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Astronaut Rex Walheim spoke at the USA Science and Engineering Festival on April 25, 2014. The festival was open to the public on April 26 and 27, 2014 and was held at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Expedition 70 Press Conference. Expedition 70 cosmonauts Nikolai Chub is seen in quarantine behind glass during a press conference, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on Sept. 15.
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Earth Information Center Student Engagement Event. Former astronaut Drew Feustel provides remarks during the Earth Information Center Student Engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Washington.
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Soichi Noguchi (shown) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), along with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, board a plane from Ellington Field near the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, en route to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission to begin final launch preparations. Crew-1 is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.
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JSC2001-E-08328 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James M. Kelly, STS-102 pilot, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Pictured in the background on the dais are Joseph Rothenberg (left), NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight, and Roy S. Estess, Johnson Space Center Acting Director.
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jsc2020e042654_alt (Sept. 29, 2020) --- Portrait of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide.
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Bruce Banerdt, InSight Principal Investigator, NASA JPL, talks about Mars InSight during a pre-landing briefing, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. InSight is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately noon PST (3 p.m. EST) on Nov. 26.
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Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of NASAs Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters talks about Mars InSight during a pre-landing briefing, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. InSight is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately noon PST (3 p.m. EST) on Nov. 26.
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NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide answers a question at the conclusion of a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School with crew mates NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.
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NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021.
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NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold answers questions from the audience about his time onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum production of Stem in 30, Friday, May 3, 2019 at Six Flags America theme park in Upper Marlboro, MD. During Expedition 55/56, Arnold completed three spacewalks for a total of 19.5 hours outside the space station, and concluded his 197 day mission when he landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in Oct. 2018. He also flew to the space station on shuttle mission STS-119 to deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings.
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NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Hans Mark signing a Time Magazine cover with a story about NASA's Mission to Mars. for a Space fan from Flordia.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter participates in a celebration at Complex 5/6 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.The celebration was held at the launch site of the first U.S. manned spaceflight May 5, 1961, to mark the 50th anniversary of the flight. Fifty years ago, astronaut Alan Shepard lifted off inside the Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," atop an 82-foot-tall Mercury-Redstone rocket at 9:34 a.m. EST, sending him on a remarkably successful, 15-minute suborbital flight. The event was attended by more than 200 workers from the original Mercury program and included a re-creation of Shepard's flight and recovery, as well as a tribute to his contributions as a moonwalker on the Apollo 14 lunar mission.
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA answers a reporters question Sept. 17 during a crew news conference. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin and Irina Spektor/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
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Marine Corps COL Charles Bolden, an astronaut with the space shuttle program, speaks at Lassiter Theater as part of the air station's observance of Black History Month. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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STS-128 commander Rick Sturckow speaks to the audience during a presentation in the auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.
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Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride shares a few words during a wreath-laying ceremony honoring astronaut Owen Garriott on April 18, 2019. The ceremony was held at the Heroes and Legends exhibit within the Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Garriott flew aboard the Skylab space station during the Skylab 3 mission and also on space shuttle Columbia for the STS-9/Spacelab-1 mission. He passed away April 15 at the age of 88.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the loss of Columbia and crew on their return to Earth, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe comments on the tragedy during a press briefing at KSC.
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A display for former NASA astronaut Gerald Jerry” Carr is shown following a remembrance ceremony on Aug. 31, 2020, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ceremony was held at the Heroes and Legends exhibit within the Astronaut Hall of Fame at Kennedy’s visitor complex. Carr was commander of the Skylab 4 mission - the final, crewed mission of the Skylab program. He passed away Aug. 26 at the age of 88.
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jsc2017e101947 (July 22, 2017) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmember Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency signs a mural in the Korolev Museum July 24 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Nespoli, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch July 28 aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.