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.

USA, Florida, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center. Commander Eugene Cernan space suit from the Apollo 17 lunar mission, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Astronaut Mark Lee participates in the Nitrox breathing system test in Marshall's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS).

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JSC2001-01466 (18 May 2001) --- Astronaut Carl E. Walz, Expedition Four flight engineer, 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).

SpaceX Crew-5 Suit-Up & Walkout Rehearsal. NASA astronaut Josh Cassada is photographed in his SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a countdown dress rehearsal on Oct. 2, 2022. Cassada, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata will launch to the International Space Station on NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 mission as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff of SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022, from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 Crew Walkout. Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, second from left, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:27 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

The Russian Sokol suit to be worn by Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips is seen Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan prior to launch. Phillips, along with Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, were preparing for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.

Cosmanaut Vladimir Titov, an alternate mission specialist for STS-60, simulates a parachute glide into water during a bailout training exercise at JSC. This phase of emergency egress training took place in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF).

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken (left) and Douglas Hurley depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, in preparation for transport to Launch Complex 39A ahead of NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft occurred at 3:22 p.m. EDT. Behnken and Hurley are the first astronauts to launch to the International Space Station from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceXs final flight test, paving the way for the agency to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory.

JSC2000-05365 (7 June 2000) --- Equipped with an Orlan space suit, cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko is just about to begin an underwater spacewalk simulation in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.Gidzenko, Soyuz commander for the Expedition One crew, was joined by astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander, for the extravehicular activity (EVA) rehearsal.

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JSC2000-02549 (21 March 2000) --- Astronaut Daniel C. Burbank, STS-106 mission specialist, is in the process ofdeploying his life raft during an emergency bailout training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL).Burbank will join four other NASA astronauts and two cosmonauts, representing the Russian Aviation andSpace Agency, for a late summer visit to the International Space Station.

Apollo lunar landing display, Smithsonean Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, United States

Krechet-94 spacesuit - the Soviet semi-rigid spacesuit with integrated life-support system. Designed under the direction of Guy Severin (1926-2008).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Emergency crew members help an injured” astronaut who was removed from the orbiter crew compartment mock-up during a Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer astronauts who are simulating various injuries. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Dry Dress Rehearsal. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa sit inside SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, as part of a countdown dress rehearsal for NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 mission at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The four crewmates will fly to the International Space Station for a six-month rotation, conducting research and science experiments. Liftoff is targeted for 3:50 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A Zodiac boat containing U.S. Navy divers approaches the Orion boilerplate test vehicle floating in the Pacific Ocean, a distance away from the USS Anchorage, during the third day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Orange stabilizers on the top of the test vehicle were inflated to simulate the system that will be used to upright Orion in the water after splashdown. NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel are conducting the recovery test using the test vehicle to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The test allows the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain th

JSC2000-05374 (7 June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander for ISS Expedition One, participates in an underwater spacewalksimulation in the Hydrolab facilityat the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centerin Russia.

Confident male astronaut saluting on escalator

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.

NASA, Department of Defense personnel from Detachment 3 out of Patrick Air Force Base, and the Mobile Diving Salvage Unit based in San Diego conduct a testing session at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston on Dec. 5, 2012 to evaluate procedures, mockups, and prototype hardware used to train personnel in recovery of the Orion crew module and the forward bay cover for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Young female astronaut in space suit standing on grass during sunny day

NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 Live Launch Coverage. NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 mission crew members, from left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli enter the elevator in the Astronaut Crew Quarters on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, inside Kennedy Space Centers Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. A team of SpaceX suit technicians assisted the crew as they put on their custom-fitted spacesuits and checked the suits for leaks. The crew members will launch aboard SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff is targeted for 3:27 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Florida spaceport.

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

JSC2007-E-46531 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, 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. Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock, mission specialist, assisted Parazynski.

A man flight in the wind tunnel

S85-41246 (26 Sept 1985) --- The STS 61-A/Spacelab D-1 crewmembers are seen in this training scene in the Johnson Space Center's Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. Descending from a simulated Shuttle orbiter in distress, using a Sky-Genie device, is Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. mission commander. Watching in blue flight garments are other members of the crew. They are, left to right, Ernst Messerschmid, German payload specialist (PS1); James F. Buchli, NASA mission specialist (MS2); Bonnie J. Dunbar, NASA mission specialist (MS1); Wubbo J. Ockels, Dutch PS3. Not pictured is Steven R. Nagel, pilot. Photo was taken by Otis Imboden.

JSC2000-E-20603 (February 2000) --- Astronaut William M. Shepherd, Expedition One commander, prepares to don an Orlan space suit in order to rehearse a spacewalk in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

S90-54760 (7 Dec 1990) --- Astronaut Richard J. Hieb, mission specialist, participates in emergency egress training. Hieb and six fellow STS 39 astronauts were in JSC's weightless environment training facility (WET-F). This type training uses the WET-F's 25 ft. deep pool to simulate an ocean parachute landing. A number of SCUBA-equipped divers assist in the training session.

Germany, Rhineland-Pfalz, Museum Speyer, Russian spacesuit used on Mir Space station

A ground prototype of NASAs new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) is seen Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The xEMU suit improves on the suits previous worn on the Moon during the Apollo era and those currently in use for spacewalks outside the International Space Station.

USA, California, Los Angeles, Prototype spacesuit

JSC2002-00572 (19 February 2002) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus, STS-112 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, floats in water during an emergency egress training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Magnus is assisted by United Space Alliance (USA) crew trainer Bob Behrendsen.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy pauses in his bunny suit” -- clean room apparel -- before entering the orbiter Endeavour, which is in an Orbiter Major Modification period. Kennedy is taking an opportunity to learn first-hand what workers are doing to enable Return to Flight.

Female astronaut shielding eyes during sunny day

Krechet-94 spacesuit - the Soviet semi-rigid spacesuit with integrated life-support system. Designed under the direction of Guy Severin (1926-2008).

PHOTO DATE: 03/22/12LOCATION: JSC NBLSUBJECT: Koichi Wakata during EVA Training at the NBL

Recovery team members work with a test version of Orion floating in the well deck of the U.S.S. Anchorage on Aug. 2, 2014. A combined NASA and U.S. Navy team practiced recovery techniques off the coast of California in preparation for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

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NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken exit the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for transport to Launch Complex 39A to launch on NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission. The launch, initially scheduled for May 27, 2020, was scrubbed due to unfavorable weather conditions around Launch Complex 39A. The next launch attempt will be Saturday, May 30. Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for 3:22 p.m. EDT from historic Launch Complex 39A. Behnken and Hurley will be the first astronauts to launch to the International Space Station from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceXs final flight test, paving the way for the agency to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory.

Inside the Multi-Operations Support Building near the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician is wearing a Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble (SCAPE) suit to prepare for a test simulation of loading propellants into a replicated test tank for Orion, on Aug. 16, 2019. Exploration Ground Systems is preparing for Artemis 1 with a series of hazardous hyper test events at the MPPF. After donning their suits, the technicians will complete tanking to test the system before Orion arrives for processing. During preparations for launch, these teams will be responsible for loading the Orion vehicle with propellants prior to transportation to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be secured atop the Space Launch System rocket. SCAPE suits are used in operations involving toxic propellants and are supplied with air either through a hardline or through a self-contained environmental control unit.

Artemis II CMTA Turn Basin Testing. Liliana Villarreal, Artemis landing and recovery director with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), stands in front of the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) at the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 area at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 1, 2023. The CMTA is being used to practice recovery after splashdown of the Orion spacecraft to prepare for the Artemis II crewed mission. EGS leads recovery efforts.

S91-51995 (26 Nov 1991) --- Astronaut David C. Hilmers, STS-42 mission specialist, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in the water with the aid of an underarm flotation device as SCUBA-equipped divers look on. Behind Hilmers is his yellow and orange single person life raft. Hilmers is rehearsing launch emergency egress (bailout) procedures in the Johnson Space Centers (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The crewmembers would use this equipment in the event of an emergency bailout over water. The WETF's 25 ft deep pool is used to simulate the ocean.

Recovery team members use ropes to hold a test version of Orion steady inside the USS Anchorage's well deck as it is reeled in from the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 17, 2014, during a test of tools and techniques that will be used to retrieve the spacecraft once it splashes down following Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Young female astronaut in space suit standing near zebra crossing outside building in city

S131-E-009234 (12 April 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 23 flight engineer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

Recovery team members work secure a test version of Orion in preparation for tests aboard the USS Salvor on Sept. 12, 2014. A combined NASA and U.S. Navy team practiced recovery techniques off the coast of California over the course of the next week -- first with the crane, as seen here, then using the USS Anchorage's well deck -- in preparation for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

A group of U.S. Navy divers, Air Force pararescumen and Coast Guard rescue swimmers practice Orion underway recovery techniques this week in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston on Sept. 21, 2016, to prepare for the first test flight of an uncrewed Orion spacecraft with the agencys Space Launch System rocket during Artemis I. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Artemis II Orion Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10) - Day 2. The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASAs Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10). The CMTA is a full-scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft and is used by NASA and its Department of Defense partners to practice recovery procedures for crewed Artemis missions. URT-10 is the first test specifically in support of the Artemis II mission and allowed the team to practice what it will be like to recover astronauts and get them back to the recovery ship safely.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - "Astronauts" were safely and successfully recovered from a "downed" Space Shuttle in a Mode VII contingency simulation led by Don Hammel, NASA Landing and Recovery Director. KSC Fire/Rescue and Emergency Medical workers, along with Johnson Space Center and Patrick Air Force Base personnel, participated in the drill. Mode simulations are held periodically at KSC to ensure contingency response forces are well prepared to respond to a wide variety of potential emergency situations.

NASA and SpaceX held a joint training event for pre-launch operations, which provided an opportunity for the crew and ground operators to rehearse all of the activities, procedures, and communication the teams will exercise on launch day from crew suit-up in Kennedy Space Centers Operations & Checkout (O&C) building in Florida through launch; this training event also included simulated emergency egress scenarios. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Doug Hurley are participating in a suit-up for launch, using the same Ground Support Equipment hardware, such as the seats and suit leak check boxes, that the crew will use for launch, with the SpaceX ground closeout team and suit engineers that will help the crew suit up and ingress the Dragon on launch day. Following crew suit-up, the crew ingressed the capsule simulator in Hawthorne, California, as they would on launch day, and the teams performed a simulated launch countdown and several emergency egress scenarios.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 Live Launch Coverage (Scrub). NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 crewmember Andrei Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist, checks his SpaceX spacesuit in the crew suit-up room inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 26, 2023. Fedyaev and his crewmates are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket. Launch was targeted for 1:45 a.m. EST on Feb. 27 from Launch Complex 39A, but was scrubbed for the day. Crew-6 is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with people as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Flotation devices are attached to the top of the mockup Orion crew exploration vehicle before the testing in the open water at the Trident Basin at Port Canaveral, Fla. The mockup vehicle will undergo testing in open water. The goal of the operation, dubbed the Post-landing Orion Recovery Test, or PORT, is to determine what kind of motion astronauts can expect after landing, as well as outside conditions for recovery teams. Orion is targeted to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015 and to the moon by 2020. Orion, along with the Ares I and V rockets and the Altair lunar lander, are part of the Constellation Program.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Live Launch Coverage. Inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander, is shown in her SpaceX spacesuit ahead of the agencys SpaceX Crew-5 launch on Oct. 5, 2022. Mann, along with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot, and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, will launch to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endurance spacecraft lifted off at noon EDT from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A.

Berkut spacesuit worn by Alexei Leonov for the first spacewalk. Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1934-)a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist.

S66-42754 (18 July 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (leading), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, walk up the ramp at Pad 19 after arriving from the Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer during the prelaunch countdown. Moments later they entered the elevator which took them to the white room and the waiting Gemini-10 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 5 20 p.m. (EST), July 18, 1966.

5293 copy OK:In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 42/43 crewmember Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency climbs into the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft during a fit check” dress rehearsal Nov. 12. Cristoforetti, Terry Virts of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch Nov. 24, Kazakh time, from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Ivanov

JSC2005-E-31292 (28 July 2005) --- An unidentified member of the STS-116 crew simulates an ejection from a troubled shuttle into a body of water during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 Launch - Astronauts Suit-Up and Walkout at O&C. NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 crewmembers participate in final fit checks of their SpaceX spacesuits in the crew suit-up room inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 1, 2023. From left are Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist; and Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and mission specialist. They and their crewmates are preparing for launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft Endeavour atop the Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is target for 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-6 is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with people as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Emergency crew members on the ground take hold of a volunteer astronaut” lowered from the top of the orbiter crew compartment mock-up that is the scene of a Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer astronauts who are simulating various injuries. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins sits in the entry hatch to orbiter Atlantis. She and other crew members - Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Stephen Robinson - are at KSC for equipment familiarization. Noguchi is with the Japanese space agency NASDA. Mission STS-114 will carry the MultiPurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and External Stowage Platform 2 to the International Space Station. The MPLM will contain supplies and equipment. Another goal of the mission is to remove and replace a Control Moment Gyro. Launch date for mission STS-114 is under review.

JSC2002-00413 (4 February 2002) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-111 mission commander, floats in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

S93-50711 (22 Dec 1993) --- Astronauts Kevin P. Chilton (right), pilot, and Linda M. Godwin, payload commander, are assisted by SCUBA-equipped divers during emergency bailout training at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F). Godwin, Chilton and four other NASA astronauts are scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour next year.

JSC2003-E-62444 (December 2003) --- This is Robonaut B, the newer of two NASA robots used in recent hand-in-hand testing at the Johnson Space Center with human beings to evaluate their shared ability to perform certain types of extravehicular activity. In late 2003 Robonaut Unit B was retrofitted with a mobile platform. This new base, called the Robonaut Mobility Platform (RMP), adds an entirely new capability to the functionality of Unit B.

Crew Model Water Landing Module Assessment Photographs taken at Aberdeen Test Facility Aberdeen MD.

ISS035-E-030779 (25 April 2013) --- R 2, the dexterous humanoid robot that was carried up to the station by one of NASA's final shuttle flights in 2011, awaits a direction from NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn (seen in the robot's visor), Expedition 35 Flight Engineer, who was performing the second of a two-day session of Taskboard and Tele-operations with R 2 onboard the International Space Station. The goals for these activities were orientation and depth familiarization, individual hand grasp and hand-to-hand object transfer; and all were completed nominally. The Robonaut Tele-operation System is used to demonstrate the ability to effectively control Robonaut from the station. The research objective is to evaluate this control method in terms of its ability to perform tasks as well as measure the time necessary to complete the defined tasks. This capability will need to be developed to support future operations of Robonaut in the space environment as well as certain intravehicular act

Virtual Intelligent Planetary Exploration Rover, VIPER Mobility Platform Testing

Expedition 34 astronaut crew members Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn during INC-34/CB ISS EVA 2 91027. Photo Date: December 7, 2011. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

Space Shuttle era space suit display. U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astronaut Hall of Fame near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, fifth- through eighth-grade students and their parents watch a liquid nitrogen experiment during the last NASA family education night event. Other activities included "gee-whiz" presentations, astronaut appearances, a hovercraft, vortex cannon and alternative fuel vehicles, which promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.The event is part of NASA's Summer of Innovation initiative to provide interactive learning experiences to middle school students nationwide during the summer months. The program is a cornerstone of the Educate to Innovate campaign announced by President Barack Obama in November 2009.

HAMPTON, Va. - At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASAs Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate test article floats in the water near a U.S. Navy ship during a stationary recovery test. NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting tests to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module and forward bay cover on its return from a deep space mission. The stationary recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in a controlled environment before conducting a second recovery test next year in open waters. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASAs Spac

JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide smiles inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on April 23, 2021. Hoshide, along with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, will head to the International Space Station on NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 mission. SpaceXs Crew Dragon Endeavour will launch on the companys Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A today at 5:49 a.m. EDT.

Artemis I Orion Post-Flight Payload Processing - MARE. After a 25-day flight inside the Artemis I Orion crew module beyond the Moon and back, Helga, one of two identical phantom torsos, is shown without a radiation detection vest while undergoing post-flight payload inspections inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2023. The detectors will be removed at Kennedy and the torsos will return to teams at the German Space Agency for further analysis. As part of the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment (MARE) investigation, two female manikins - Helga and Zohar - were equipped with radiation detectors, while Zohar also wore a radiation protection vest, to determine the radiation risk during the Artemis I mission and potentially reduce exposure during future missions with astronauts. 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. During the flight, O

The Orion Ground Test Article completes its first swing water impact test at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia on June 8, 2016.

STS-88 First Crew at SSP

Marble Arch Caves, Florence Court Demesne, Florencecourt, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

S99-09098 (6 August 1999) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency(RSA), floats in a small life raft following a simulated parachute drop. Adiver remains nearby to assist in the training activity. The exercise was part of an emergency bailout training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Malenchenko will join five astronauts and a second cosmonaut for one of the scheduled missions next year with the International Space Station (ISS).

S73-26401 (23 May 1973) --- An umbrella-like mechanical device called the "parasol", one of the several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop (OWS), receives a checkout in the Technical Services shop in Bldg. 10 at Johnson Space Center. Here, a technician starts to deploy the "parasol" sunshade. The "parasol" is designed to fit into the T027 experiment photometer canister. The canopy portion of the "parasol" measures 24 feet by 22 feet.

jsc2018e097770 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmember Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency conducts vestibular system response training in a spinning chair Nov. 27 as part of pre-launch training. He is one of the backups to prime crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the NASA News Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Shuttle Crew Escape System Manager KC Chhipwadia demonstrates the launch and entry suit used by shuttle crews during their missions. He explains that entry into the suit is from the back.

PHOTO DATE: 03-30-11LOCATION: Building 261 - Room 138 SUBJECT: Expedition 32 Preflight Training with Joe Acaba during Treadmill Kinematics Baseline Data CollectionWORK ORDER: 2011-0784

PHOTO DATE: 03-30-11LOCATION: Building 261 - Room 138 SUBJECT: Expedition 32 Preflight Training with Joe Acaba during Treadmill Kinematics Baseline Data CollectionWORK ORDER: 2011-0784

Man in Space sculpture at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Sculpted of bronze by Judd Nelson. A virtually weightless astronaut that weighs over 600 lbs.

Modifications and upgrades are underway inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Walls are receiving fresh coats of paint and new flooring is being installed. The crew quarters are being prepared for the next generation of space explorers. The historic facility housed Apollo and space shuttle astronauts before and after their missions into space.

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