Astronaut Training in Neutral Buoyancy

Images of astronauts in training suits preparing for spacewalks in a large pool environment, emphasizing teamwork and preparation for space missions.

European Astronaut Tim Peake of ESA during ISS EVA MAINT 3 NBL Training with Astronaut Tim Kopra and instructor Sandy Moore. Photo Date: September 10, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

European Astronaut Tim Peake of ESA during ISS EVA MAINT 3 NBL Training with Astronaut Tim Kopra and instructor Sandy Moore. Photo Date: September 10, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

PHOTO DATE: 08-08-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool TopsideSUBJECT: Expedition 44 crew members Kjell Lindren and Kimiya Yui (JAXA) during INC-44 ISS EVA Maintence

PHOTO DATE: 09-26-08LOCATION: SCTF, NBLSUBJECT: Photographic support for Media Services: STS-125 crew training. Photograph astronauts Grunsfeld and Feustel prepping for dive and working together for final EVA3 training run in the NBL.

JSC2009-E-061377 (23 March 2009) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist Fuglesang in his rehearsal, intended to help prepare him for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

JSC2011-E-054067 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, attired in a training version of her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 10-31-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool TopsideSUBJECT: Expedition 42/42 crew members Terry Virts and Barry Wilmore during ISS EVA Maintenance 7 training at the NBL.

Date: 11-115-12Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 42 crew member and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti being lowered into the water during her INC-42/CB EVA 91027 suited training

PHOTO DATE: 11-21-12LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 42/43 crew member and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with NASA astronaut Terry Virts during INC-42/CB EVA SKILLS 21027.

JSC2001-01607 (1 June 2001) --- Astronaut Frederick W. Sturckow, STS-105 pilot, is photographed along with astronaut Patrick G. Forrester (partially out of frame) as they prepare to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Sturckow and Forrester are wearing the training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit.

JSC2008-E-124047 (20 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-06548 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Astronauts Douglas H. Wheelock and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), both STS-120 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Wheelock and Parazynski are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

S91-30196 (1 March 1991) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, and Kathryn D. Sullivan, payload commander (barely visible in background), stand on a platform (out of frame) which is part of a system that will lower them into a 25-ft. deep pool. The payload commander and mission specialist used the pool in the weightless environment training facility (WET-F) to rehearse a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronauts wear pressurized spacesuits configured for achieving a neutrally buoyant condition in the water to simulate both planned and contingency EVAs. Two SCUBA-equipped swimmers assisting the training are seen in the background.

PHOTO DATE: 11-21-12LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 42/43 crew member and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with NASA astronaut Terry Virts during INC-42/CB EVA SKILLS 21027.

JSC2010-E-181470 (27 Oct. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, is about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist Walheim in his rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare him for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

STS-130 crew members George Zamka, Steve Robinson helping Robert Behnken and Nick Patrick getting suited and ready for NBL STS-120 20A EVA2 training. Photo Date: July 17, 2009. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

Expedition 44/45 crew training with NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and JAXA Astronaut Kimiya Yui during INC 44 ISS EVA Maintenance 2 with IV Scott Kelly. Photo Date: December 6, 2013. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

Date: 11-07-12Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 40 crew members (Soyuz 39) Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during INC-40 ISS EVA ORU PRF 41027.

JSC2009-E-061387 (23 March 2009) --- NASA astronaut John Danny Olivas and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (partially obscured), both STS-128 mission specialists, attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Date: 10-24-12Location: SCTF, NBLSubject: Expedition 39 crew members astronaut Rick Mastracchio and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata during INC-38/CB ISS Maintenance EVA AT 91027

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

JSC2012-E-208824 (15 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer and Expedition 39 commander, gets help donning a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2005-E-04328 (26 January 2005) --- Astronauts Soichi Noguchi (foreground) representing Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Stephen K. Robinson, both STS-114 mission specialists, wear training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during an underwater simulation of extravehicular activities (EVA) conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2000-07459 (11 December 2000) --- Astronaut Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 commander, simulates a parachute drop into water during emergency bailout training with his crew members. The exercise took place in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

S91-30197 (1 March 1991) --- A wider shot of astronaut C. Michael Foale, mission specialist, standing on a platform which is part of a system that will lower him into a 25-ft. deep pool. Foale used the pool in the weightless environment training facility (WET-F) to rehearse a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA). Two SCUBA-equipped swimmers assist. Astronauts wear pressurized spacesuits configured for achieving a neutrally buoyant condition in the water to simulate both planned and contingency EVAs.

ESA astronaut and first astronaut from the United Kingdom, Timothy Peake, with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (unassigned) during EVA Skills training in the NBL. Photo Date: November 27, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

jsc2018e096666 (November 7, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari is helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston.

PHOTO DATE:11-06-08 LOCATION: NBLSUBJECT: Expedition 19 crew members Mike Barratt and Gennady Padalka during EVA training at the NBL

. jsc2023e005850 (Jan. 31, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Specialist Matthew Dominick prepares for a spacewalk training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

PHOTO DATE: 28 January 2011, LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside, SUBJECT: STS-133 Crew members Steve Bowen and Benjamin Drew during EVA 2 training with Mike Barratt and Nicole Stott assisting.

S94-39770 (August 1994) --- Astronaut Carl J. Meade, STS-64 mission specialist, is being submerged prior to an underwater simulation of a spacewalk scheduled for his September mission. Meade, who shared the rehearsal in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F) pool with crewmate astronaut Mark C. Lee (partially visible at left), is equipped with a training version of new extravehicular activity (EVA) hardware called the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system.

JSC2002-00587 (19 March 2002) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (partially obscured), Expedition Eight mission commander and flight engineer, respectively, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Foale and Tokarev are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Divers are in the water to assist the astronaut and cosmonaut in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). Tokarev represents Rosaviakosmos.

JSC2007-E-06550 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Astronauts Douglas H. Wheelock and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), both STS-120 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Wheelock and Parazynski are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli during ISS EVA PRF 41027 training in the NBL. Photo Date: September 21, 2010. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

JSC2001-01606 (1 June 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, is photographed as the final touches are made on the training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Forrester is assisted by fellow crewmember Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist.

Event (Mission for flight / Class for training): STS-118 (13A.1)Title: STS-118 EVA 1 NBL Date: 4-18-07Location: NBLKey words: 118, 13A.1, S5, NBLDescription: NBL underwater photos of STS-118 EVA 1 S5 install.

JSC2002-00532 (19 February 2002) --- Astronaut Jeffrey S. Ashby, STS-112 mission commander, simulates a parachute drop into water during an emergency bailout training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Ashby is attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2012-E-208829 (15 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, gets help making final touches on a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-113498 (17 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld and Andrew J. Feustel (partially obscured), both STS-125 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Grunsfeld and Feustel are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the Hubble Space Telescope.

JSC2000-05367 (7 June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd, ISS Expedition One commander, rehearses an extravehicular activity (EVA) with a full scale training model of the Zvezda Service Module in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centerin Russia. SCUBA-equipped divers assistin the spacewalk rehearsal.

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launched a temporary workstation, Skylab, to discover the effects of low gravity and weightlessness on the human body, and also to develop tools and equipment that would be needed in the future to build and maintain a more permanent space station. The structures, techniques, and work schedules had to be carefully designed to fit this unique construction site. The components had to be lightweight for transport into orbit, yet durable. The station also had to be made with removable parts for easy servicing and repairs by astronauts. All of the tools necessary for service and repairs had to be designed for easy manipulation by a suited astronaut. And construction methods had to be efficient due to limited time the astronauts could remain outside their controlled environment. In lieu of al

JSC2002-00879 (24 April 2002) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus, STS-112 mission specialist, wearing a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, lowers herself from a simulated shuttle in trouble during an emergency egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

S96-12948 (14 February 1996) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. stands on a platform connected to a hoist that will lower him and astronaut Stephen L. Robinson (out of frame) into Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Test Facility (WET-F) pool. The two, attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), were about to participate in an underwater simulation of contingency Extravehicular Activity (EVA) for the scheduled 11-day August 1997 STS-85 mission.

S84-36960 (5 July 1984) --- Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left, and David C. Leestma, Mission 41-G crewmembers, simulate the transfer of cryogenics in space during an Earth-bound underwater session in the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility (WET-F). The two mission specialists will be joined by three NASA astronauts and two payload specialists for a flight aboard the Columbia later this year. The photograph was taken by Otis Imboden.

Date: 12-13-13Location: NBL, Pool TopsideSubject: Soyuz 45 crew members, Tim Kopra and ESA astronaut Tim Peake during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 - training at the NBL

Date: 10-23-14Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 48/49 (Soyuz 47) crew members NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi during INC-47/48 ISS EVA Maintence 2 training at the NBL

JSC2005-E-02824 (26 January 2005) --- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, STS-114 mission specialist representing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas (right), mission specialist, and Letti Castillo with United Space Alliance (USA) assisted Noguchi.

S96-12935 (14 Feb. 1996) --- Attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), astronaut Stephen K. Robinson is lowered into Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Test Facility (WET-F) pool. Astronauts Robinson and Robert L. Curbeam were about to participate in an underwater simulation of contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) that might be needed to support the scheduled 11-day August 1997 STS-85 mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During simulated pad emergency exit training on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Pilot Doug Hurley (front) and Commander Chris Ferguson make their way to the slidewire baskets that would take them to a safe bunker below the pad in the unlikely event of an emergency.The exercise is part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training. Atlantis and its crew are targeted to lift off July 8, taking with them the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station. The STS-135 mission also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites and return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's

Expedition 44/45 crew training with NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and JAXA Astronaut Kimiya Yui during INC 44 ISS EVA Maintenance 2 with IV Scott Kelly. Photo Date: December 6, 2013. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

STS-130 TCDT - MODE 1 EGRESS

View of Robonaut 2 during a round of testing,in the U.S. Laboratory. Photo was taken during Expedition 34.

PHOTO DATE: 04-23-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Astronaut Expedition 39/40 (Soyuz 38) astronaut Steve Swanson during ISS Maintenance EVAAT at the NBL.

Prior to its launch in April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) went through years of development and testing. The HST was the first of its kind and the scientific community could only imagine the fruits of their collective labors. However, prior to its launch, more practical procedures, such as astronaut training, had to be developed. As the HST was to remain in orbit for years, it became apparent that on-orbit maintenance routines would have to be developed. The best facility to develop these maintenance practices was at the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The NBS provided mock-ups of the HST (in sections), a Remote Manipulator System (RMS), and a shuttle's cargo bay pallet. This real life scenario provided scientists, engineers, and astronauts a practical environment to work out any problems with a plarned on-orbit maintenance mission. Pictured is an astronaut in training with a mock-up section of the HST, practicing using tools espec

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JSC2002-00507 (15 January 2002) --- Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist, wears a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit during an underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the 14th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Perrin, representing CNES, the French Space Agency, was joined by astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz (out of frame) for the simulation, conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center.

Girder structures of the Mir space station used for cosmonauts' ground training.

ISS034-E-039157 (1 Feb. 2013) --- Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, is pictured in this image photographed by an Expedition 34 crew member in the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory. R2 was powered up so ground controllers could run it through a series of tests and configuration checks after a recent software upgrade.

JSC2004-E-34992 (9 August 2004) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia;s Federal Space Agency, gets help with final touches on a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Kevin Moore (left) and Carl Wright, both with United Space Alliance (USA), assisted Sharipov.

JSC2006-E-41656 (25 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-116 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center.

S65-61848 (4 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gemini-7 spaceflight, walks to the elevator at Pad 19 one hour and 40 minutes before launch of the spacecraft. Moments later astronauts Lovell and Frank Borman, command pilot, rode the elevator to the White Room where they were inserted into the spacecraft to await the final moments of the countdown.

PHOTO DATE: 10 MAY 2013LOCATION: Neutral Buoyancy Lab - UnderwaterSUBJECT: NBL EVA dive with Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti in support of ISS ammonia leak trouble-shooting.

Underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) training in the weightless environment training facility (WETF) with astronaut Robert L. Stewart. Stewart is simulating a planned EVA using the mobile foot restraint device and a one-G version of the Canadian-built remote manipulator system.

PHOTO DATE: 04-10-09LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside and Control RoomSUBJECT: STS-129 crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher during STS-129 ULF3 EVA 1 92027 training. Photograph preparations, getting in suit, working with suit techs, being lowered into water, other crew members in control room

STS-129 crew members Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Robert Satcher prepare for 20A EVA Review dive at the NBL. Photo Date: March 26, 2009. Location - NBL Pool Topside and Control Room.

Astronaut Kathy Thornton conducts Hubble Space Telescope training in Marshall's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS).

ISS030-E-075365 (14 Feb. 2012) --- Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, is pictured during a checkout and activities session in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS029-E-039234 (4 Nov. 2011) --- Robonaut 2 -- the first dexterous humanoid robot in space is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (both out of frame), flight engineer, spent several hours in Destiny checking out and operating R2.

Expedition 65 backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain, left, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos arrive for Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

JSC2011-E-050068 (24 May 2011) --- STS-135 crew members get help with the donning of training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits in preparation for an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Crew members pictured from the left are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. Suit technicians assisted the crew members.

Teams perform a series of tests at NASAs Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston on Oct. 7, 2015, to evaluate the most efficient way for astronauts to get out of the Orion spacecraft after weeks or months away from Earth. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Expedition 68 Preflight. Expedition 68 cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Frank Rubio of NASA and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station.

S93-35696 (7 June 1993) --- Making use of the air-bearing floor in Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman practices working with the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC). Hoffman is one of four mission specialists who will participate in HST servicing on the scheduled December mission. Changing out the large camera is one of several chores to be performed by the four.

PHOTO DATE: 10-31-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool TopsideSUBJECT: Expedition 42/42 crew members Terry Virts and Barry Wilmore during ISS EVA Maintenance 7 training at the NBL.

Date: 11-115-12Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 42 crew member and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti being lowered into the water during her INC-42/CB EVA 91027 suited training

Apollo 17 Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan undergoes spacesuit pressure checks today prior to participating in space vehicle Countdown Demonstration Test. In the background are astronauts Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt.

JSC2002-00866 (24 April 2002) --- Astronaut David A. Wolf, STS-112 mission specialist, wearing a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, lowers himself from a simulated shuttle in trouble during an emergency egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2007-E-06410 (31 Jan.2007) --- Astronaut George D. Zamka, STS-120 pilot, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technicians Daniel E. Palmer (left) and Andre Denard assisted Zamka.

JSC2002-E-27065 (1 July 2002) --- Astronauts David A. Wolf and Piers J. Sellers (partially obscured), both STS-112 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Wolf and Sellers are wearing the training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit. Scuba divers are in the water to assist the astronauts in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS).

Engineers and technicians at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston are testing the spacesuit astronauts will wear in the agencys Orion spacecraft on trips to deep space. On June 22, 2017, members of the Johnson team participated in a Vacuum Pressure Integrated Suit Test to verify enhancements to the suit will meet test and design standards for the Orion spacecraft. During this test, the suit is connected to life support systems and then air is removed from Johnsons 11-foot thermal vacuum chamber to evaluate the performance of the suits in conditions similar to a spacecraft. The suit will contain all the necessary functions to support life and is being designed to enable spacewalks and sustain the crew in the unlikely event the spacecraft loses pressure. Part of Batch images transfer from Flickr.

ISS030-E-075419 (15 Feb. 2012) --- The hands of Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, are pictured during initial checkouts in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Mission Specialist Shannon W. Lucid, STS 51-G, descends from the top of the crew compartment trainer in bldg 9A, the mockup and integration laboratory, during emergency egress training.

In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers inspect the aerogel grid from the Stardust Sample Return Capsule (SRC) to the right of the worker. Stardust will use a unique medium called aerogel to capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of comet Wild 2 in January 2004, plus collect interstellar dust for later analysis. The collected samples will return to Earth in the SRC to be jettisoned as it swings by Earth in January 2006. Stardust is scheduled to be launched aboard a Boeing Delta 7426 rocket from Complex 17, Cape Canaveral Air Station, on Feb. 6, 1999

PHOTO DATE: 10 MAY 2013LOCATION: Neutral Buoyancy Lab - UnderwaterSUBJECT: NBL EVA dive with Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti in support of ISS ammonia leak trouble-shooting.

Artemis I Orion Post-Flight Payload Processing - Campos/Moonikin. Commander Moonikin Campos, a sensored stand-in for humans from NASAs Artemis I mission, is packed within its transport crate inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 10, 2023, for its trip back to NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston. Moonikin Campos was secured inside the Orion spacecraft for the mission beyond the Moon and back to Earth. Artemis I Orion launched atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedys Launch Complex 39B on Nov. 16, 2022, at 1:47 a.m. EST for a 25-day trip beyond the Moon and back. During the flight, Orion flew farther than any human-rated spacecraft has ever flown, paving the way for human deep space exploration and demonstrating NASAs commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I was to thoroughly test the SLS and Orion spacecrafts integrated systems before crewed missions. Under

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 Mission Specialist Christopher Cassidy checks the fit of his glove on the launch-and-entry suit before heading to Launch Pad 39A for launch on space shuttle Endeavour. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:51 p.m. EDT. Today's launch will be the fifth attempt. The mission was scrubbed on June 13 and again June 17 when a hydrogen gas leak occurred during tanking due to a misaligned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate. The mission was scrubbed July 12 due to weather conditions near the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy that violated rules for launching. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility, or JEM-EF, and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section, or ELM-ES, in the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory complex on the International Space Station. STS-127 is the 29th flight

PHOTO DATE: 11-21-12LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 42/43 crew member and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with NASA astronaut Terry Virts during INC-42/CB EVA SKILLS 21027.

Date: 12-13-13Location: NBL, Pool TopsideSubject: Soyuz 45 crew members, Tim Kopra and ESA astronaut Tim Peake during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 - training at the NBL

JSC2007-E-46530 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, assisted Tani who is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

Crew-4 astronauts, from left, front to back, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti wave after walking out through the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Buildings Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2022. They will make their way to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will take them to their spacecraft at Launch Complex 39A. SpaceXs Crew Dragon, powered by the companys Falcon 9 rocket, will carry the four-person crew to the International Space Station as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. Crew-4 is scheduled to launch today at 3:52 a.m. EDT, from Pad 39A at Kennedy.

S98-09040 (June 1998) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist, gets final touches on the training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The two assigned space walkers -- Newman and Jerry L. Ross -- shared the platform as it was lowered into the water where the pair moments later were training with full-scale mockups of the International Space Station (ISS) hardware with which they'll be working in space. One of those elements will be the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), which will have been launched a couple of weeks prior to STS-88. Once the FGB is captured using the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, will maneuver the robot arm to dock the FGB to the conical mating adapter at the top of Node 1, to be carried in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay. In ensuing days, thre

Male astronaut walking in parking lot

Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli during ISS EVA PRF 41027 training in the NBL. Photo Date: September 21, 2010. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

Members of the Airbus team preparing the Solar Orbiter spacecraft for launch pause for a photo inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida. Solar Orbiter aims to study the Sun, its outer atmosphere and solar wind, and will provide the first images of the Suns poles. Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. The spacecraft has been developed by Airbus. NASAs Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is managing the launch. Liftoff is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

NASA is performing a series of tests to evaluate how astronauts and ground crew involved in final preparations before Orion missions will quickly get out of the spacecraft if an emergency were to occur on the pad prior to launch. In the hours before astronauts launch to space in Orion from NASAs modernized spaceport in Florida in on the agencys Space Launch System rocket, they will cross the Crew Access Arm 300 feet above the ground and climb inside the crew module with the assistance of ground personnel trained to help them strap into their seats and take care of last-minute needs. The testing is helping engineers evaluate hardware designs and establish procedures that would be used to get astronauts and ground crew out of the capsule as quickly as possible. Flight and ground crew are required to get out of Orion within two minutes to protect for a variety of failure scenarios that do not require the launch abort system to be activated, such as crew incapacitation, fire or the prese

PHOTO DATE: 01-28-09LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Koichi Wakata during EVA Review installing JEM-EF at the NBL

Scaphander, space suit, Sigmund Jaehn, the first German in space, House of History, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

STS-132 ATLANTIS ARM LIFT & INSTALL

JSC2008-E-118357 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit in preparation for a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Astronaut Andrew Feustel (left), mission specialist, and United Space Alliance suit technician Beau Webb (right) assisted Good.

JSC2012-E-208826 (15 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, gets help making final touches on a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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