Astronauts Training for Space Missions

Images of astronauts in training sessions for space missions, featuring activities in pools, centrifuges, and egress maneuvers with various equipment in a high-tech environment.

S69-35099 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 8 command module pilot, is seen at the Apollo 8 Spacecraft Command Module's Guidance and Navigation station during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. This picture was taken from 16mm motion picture film.

S82-E-5278 (14 Feb. 1997) --- Astronaut Steven L. Smith, STS-82 mission specialist, during Extravehicular Activity (EVA) setup, for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) repair. This view was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC).

S70-46191 (July 1970) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Shepard is adjusting a camera mounted to the modular equipment transporter (MET). The MET, nicknamed the Rickshaw , will serve as a portable work bench with a place for the Apollo lunar hand tools and their carrier, three cameras, two sample container bags, a special environment sample container, spare magazines, and a lunar surface Penetrometer. Shepard is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU).

The group portrait of the original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project. NASA selected its first seven astronauts on April 27, 1959. Left to right at front Walter M. Wally Schirra, Donald K. Deke Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter. Left to right at rear Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo 17 prime crew during EVA - F-53-272-857

S69-25478 (23 Feb. 1969) --- These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital space mission. Left to right, are Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot; David R. Scott, command module pilot; and James A. McDivitt, commander. In the right background is the Apollo 9 space vehicle on Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC). They are pausing momentarily during training for their scheduled 10-day mission.

S65-20641 (1965) --- Astronauts John W. Young (left), pilot, and Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, for the Gemini-Titan 3 flight, are shown leaving the launch pad after simulations in the Gemini-3 spacecraft.

JSC2001-00011 (January 2001) ---Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-104 mission commander, floats in water during an emergency egress training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Lindsey will join four other astronauts for a June mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft, launched atop a modified Redstone rocket developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - John Glenn in flight suit prior to MA-6 launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla. He is relaxing on his contour couch in Hangar S early Feb. 20, 1962. Glanced over his flight maps in a last-minute check before leaving for his Friendship 7 space capsule and an orbital flight of the Earth. Glenn completed three orbits of the Earth and plunged to a safe landing in the Atlantic nearly five hours after blastoff.

The two crews of the joint US/USSR ASTP docking in Earth orbit mission. NASA photograph

JULIE CHRISTIE in DEMON SEED (1977).

Hubert Vykukal demonstrates mobility of the Hardsuit AX-3 Space Suit design

The flight crew for the Apollo 11 mission: Neil Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, command module pilot and Edwin E.Aldrin Jr. lunar module pilot.

S82-E-5606 (17 Feb. 1997) --- Astronaut Gregory J. Harbaugh at work on Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with the assistance of astronaut Joseph R. Tanner (out of frame) on Remote Manipulator System (RMS). After replacing the HST's Solar Array Drive Electronics (SADE), Harbaugh and Tanner replaced the Magnetic Sensing System (MSS) protective lids with new, permanent covers; and they installed pre-cut insulation pieces to correct tears in the HST's protective covering caused by temperature changes in space. This view was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC).

S65-04858 (May 1965) --- Illustrative diagram showing the various features of the G-4C extravehicular spacesuit.

In this close-up of Space Shuttle Atlantis, the STS-74 crew is looking out the rear window. STS-74, launched on November 12, 1995, was the second Space Shuttle/Mir docking mission. Objectives accomplished included the delivery and installation of the Docking Module, making it possible for the Space Shuttle to dock easily with the Russian space station, Mir. The Orbiter Atlantis also delivered water, supplies, and equipment, including two new solar arrays to upgrade Mir, and returned to Earth on November 25, 1995 with experiment samples, equipment for repair and analysis, and products manufactured on the Station.

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration

S73-27508 (6 June 1973) --- An artist's concept showing astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, attempting to free the solar array system wing on the Orbital Workshop during extravehicular activity at the Skylab 1 & 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. The astronaut in the background is Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot. Here, Conrad is pushing up on the Beam Erection Tether (BET) to raise the stuck solar panel. The solar wing is only partially deployed; an aluminum strap is believed to be holding it down. Note the cut aluminum angle. Attach points for the BET are on the vent module of the solar array beam. The other end of the BET is attached to the A frame supporting the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) which is out of view. The aluminum strapping is to be out first, freeing the solar array beam. Then, if the beam does not automatically deploy, Conrad will attempt to help by pulling on the BET. The automatic openers may have become too cold to open without assistance.

S70-24010 (17 Jan. 1970) --- The three prime crew members of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission stand by to participate in water egress training in a water tank in Building 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). They are astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., (left) commander; Fred W. Haise Jr., (right) lunar module pilot; and Thomas K. Mattingly II (in background, obscured by Haise), command module pilot.

Photograph taken during the testing of a space suit. The engineer at the Republic Aviation Corporation's research laboratory, New York, pedals away on a special bike in tests of a suit under development for use in the U.S. Apollo mission. Dated 20th century

USA, Washington, John Glenn's Mercury spacesuit

Recovery of Apollo 13 Command Module

The Phantom Torso is a tissue-muscle plastic anatomical model of a torso and head. It contains over 350 radiation measuring devices to calculate the radiation that penetrates internal organs in space travel. The Phantom Torso is one of three radiation experiments in Expedition Two including the Borner Ball Neutron Detector and Dosimetric Mapping.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter stands in front of the Mercury Control Center. Carpenter flew the Aurora 7 mission, launched on May 24, 1962. The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States' early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Project Mercury missions, as well as the first three flights of the Gemini Program, when it was renamed Mission Control Center. With its operational days behind, on June 1, 1967, the Mission Control Center became a stop on the public tour of NASA facilities until the mid-90s. In 1999, much of the equipment and furnishings from the Flight Control Area were moved to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where they became part of the exhibit there. The b

S71-37963 (July 1971) --- These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. They are, left to right, David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot. The Apollo 15 emblem is in the background.

ASTRONAUTAS MONTANDO EN EL VEHICULO PARA SUBER A LA NAVE ESPACIAL. Location: EXTERIOR. FLORIDA-CABO CAÑAVERAL.

S66-42738 (18 July 1966) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Gemini-10 command pilot, holds a pair of king-size pliers presented to him by the crew at Pad 19 for in-flight first-echelon maintenance of a spacecraft utility power cord Young earlier had difficulty in connecting. Gunther Wendt (right center background), Pad 19 leader, jokes with Young about the pliers. At right is Dr. Donald K. Slayton, MSC Director of Flight Crew Operations. At left is astronaut Michael Collins, Gemini-10 pilot.

Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-62) onboard photo of Astronaut Charles (Sam) Gemar talking to ground controllers while assisting astronaut Andrew M. Allen with a soak in the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) apparatus on the middeck.

(12-14 Nov. 1981) --- This photograph was taken during a two-and a fourth-day stay in Earth orbit by astronauts Joe H. Engle, here shaving. A portion of that time was spent in the living area of middeck portion of the 122-ft-long (37 meters) vehicle as the astronauts ate, slept and took care of hygiene matters here. An onboard fire extinguisher is in upper right corner. Partially out of the frame at right edge is a photograph of George W. S. Abbey, Director of Flight Operations at Johnson Space Center. Engle is attired in an onboard constant wear type garment.

Showering on Skylab

S66-51054 (15 Aug. 1966) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., prime crew command pilot of the Gemini-12 space mission, simulates using space food packet while seated in the Gemini-12 spacecraft in the 30-feet Altitude Chamber at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.

John Glenn and Others in Front of Friendship 7

S65-28459 (16 July 1965) --- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, command pilot for the Gemini-5 backup crew, inside the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft prior to water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. The training is part of the prelaunch schedule for prime and backup crew on the Gemini-5 mission.

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Cape Canaveral Florida, 2:31PM. President John F. Kennedy stands in front of a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Scratches on image are original to the negative.

1960S Portrait Of Man In Silver Astronaut Suit Studio

S90-45785 (16 Aug 1990) --- Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, STS-40 mission specialist, is pictured in a training version of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit talking with a fellow crewmember and members of the crew training staff. At left is astronaut Sidney M. Gutierrez, pilot for the flight. Dr. Jernigan was about to be submerged in the Johnson Space Center's 25-ft. deep weightless environment training facility (WET-F) pool to simulate a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA). There is no EVA scheduled for STS-40, the Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission.

Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin After Gemini 12

Portrait of man in diving helmet (EV003500_H)

S64-36908 (1962) --- Portrait view of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, wearing Mercury pressure suit, posing for pictures during astronaut training at the Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Photographic documentation of the STS-95 crew emergency egress training at the bldg 9A Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT). Views include: Mission specialist Senator John Glenn (in his orange Launch and Landing (LES) suit) is photographed by his wife as other visitors look on (07958). STS-95 crewmember prepares to use the Sky Genie to climb down the side of the FFT (07959). STS-95 crew lines up to pose for pictures in their LES's. Left to right are: Mission specialist Pedro Duque, payload specialist Chiaki Mukai, commander Curt Brown, payload specialist U.S. Senator John Glenn, mission specialist Stephen Robinson, pilot Steven Lindsey, and mission specialist Scott F. Parazynski (07960). Parazynski, Glenn and Robinson talk while their photo is being taken (07961). Mukai receives assistance from suit techs in donning her LES helmet (07962). Glenn receives assistance from suit techs in donning his LES helmet (07963). Glenn, in his LES, walks toward the FFT (07964). Glenn uses the Sky Genie to pre

This is the official three-member crew portrait of the Apollo 15 (SA-510). Pictured from left to right are David R. Scott, Mission Commander; Alfred M. Worden Jr., Command Module pilot; and James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot. The fifth marned lunar landing mission, Apollo 15 (SA-510), lifted off on July 26, 1971. Astronauts Scott and Irwin were the first to use a wheeled surface vehicle, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), or the Rover, which was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, and built by the Boeing Company. The astronauts spent 13 days, nearly 67 hours, on the Moon's surface to inspect a wide variety of its geological features.

Anefo photo collection. Space exhibition "Lunaart 1969" in RAI. Dolls in space suits are placed. October 7, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

62-MA6-55 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight, poses for a photo with the Mercury "Friendship 7" spacecraft during preflight activities.

S66-50719 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot of the Gemini-11 spaceflight, suits up in the Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer during the Gemini-11 prelaunch countdown. Minutes later astronaut Gordon and Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, were transported to Pad 19 and their waiting Gemini-11 spacecraft in preparation for their scheduled three-day mission in space.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Apollo 15 crew walks out of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before climbing into the Astrovan for the ride out to the launch pad for their flight to the moon.

Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar S,' Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Glenns son David Glenn (over Glenns shoulder), President Kennedys brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (partially hidden behind David Glenn), Glenns wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back at right, facing away).

Russian Soyuz spacesuit in a museum, Baikonur Space Museum, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

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

S75-22194 (25 Feb. 1975) --- An interior view of the Soyuz orbital module mock-up in Building 35 during Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint crew training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The two ASTP crewmen are looking over a checklist. They are astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (left), commander of the American ASTP prime crew; and cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov, commander of the Soviet ASTP first (prime) crew. The training session simulated activity on the second day in Earth orbit.

S64-40294 (19 Nov. 1964) --- Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (center) and John W. Young (left), prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, are shown inspecting the inside of Gemini spacecraft at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Riley D. McCafferty is at right.

S68-42197 (5 Aug. 1968) --- The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7, participates in water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. In hatch of the Apollo egress trainer (command module) is astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. Sitting in life raft are astronauts Walter Cunningham (on left) and Donn F. Eisele. A team of MSC swimmers assisted with the training exercise. The inflated bags were used to upright the trainer prior to egress.

In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), gets help with her suit from suit technician Monica Golden. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7

The original 7 Project Mercury astronauts. Top row (l to r): Alan Shepard, V I Gus Grissom, L G Cooper. Front row (l to r) Walter M Schirra , D K Slayton John Glenn and Scott Carpenter Date: 20th January 1961

(7-19 Dec. 1972) --- A fellow crewman took this photograph of astronaut Eugene A. Cernan eating a meal under weightlessness conditions of space during the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program.

USA, Washington, Apollo spacesuit with lunar soil contamination

S68-54859 (November 1968) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space mission participates in water egress training in a tank in Building 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Egressing the Apollo command module boilerplate is astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander. In life raft are astronauts David R. Scott (background), command module pilot; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.

S68-42486 (22 July 1968) --- Wide-angle view of Apollo Command Module 103 during de-stacking from Service Module in Stand 2C.

lavaggio antiradioattività dopo test francese dell'atomica nel sahara, 1952

S99-11105 (9 September 1999) --- A suit technician (out of frame) assists astronaut Edward T. Lu, mission specialist, with a training version of the shuttle launch and entry garment. Lu was about to join his STS-106 crew mates for an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL).

Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin (1934 - 1968) cosmonaut of the USSR. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in world history to fly into outer space. The Vostok launch vehicle with the Vostok-1 spacecraft carrying Gagarin was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome located in the Kyzyl-Orda region of Kazakhstan. After 108 minutes of flight, Gagarin successfully landed in the Saratov region, not far from Engels.

S68-50713 (14 Oct. 1968) --- Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (on right), mission commander; and Donn F. Eisele, command module pilot; are seen in the first live television transmission from space. Schirra is holding a sign which reads, Keep those cards and letters coming in, folks! Out of view at left is astronaut Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot.

WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM MOON LANDING EXHIBIT

Apollo-Soyuz, first international space mission crew: Vance DeVoe Brend and Valeri Kubasov (USSR).

Mc Donnell Douglas MD-11 Model in Ames 12ft. W.T. (1st Non-NASA customer of the refurbished W.T.)

S65-30266 (29 May 1965) --- In the elevator on the way to the White Room at Pad 19 for simulations on May 29, 1965, astronauts James A. McDivitt (right), command pilot, and Edward H. White II, pilot, are shown with suit technicians Clyde Teague (right center) and Joe Schmitt. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's two-man Gemini-4 mission is scheduled for 62 revolutions in four days. The backup crew, astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr. (both out of frame), will replace the prime crew if either crewman should become ineligible for the flight.

Interior view of the HMCA Support Building

Adel breast training 1976. Practical lesson compass on the bridge.

Anna L. Fisher, Astronaut-Candidate (ASCAN) in Water Immersion Facility (WIF) Training. 1. ASCAN Fisher, Anna L. - Training JSC, HOUSTON, TX

1992 - This photograph shows Astronaut Larry De Lucas wearing a stocking plethysmograph during the mission. .

David Phillip Vetter (1971 - 1984), American who was a prominent sufferer of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a hereditary disease which dramatically weakens the immune system. Individuals born with SCID are abnormally susceptible to infections. Vetter was referred to as "David, the bubble boy" by the media, as a reference to the complex containment system used as part of the management of his SCID. In 1977, researchers from NASA used their experience with the fabrication of space suits

UMM AL-QUWAIN - CIRCA 1972: a stamp printed in the Umm al-Quwain shows Yuri A. Gagarin, Astronaut, the First Human into Outer Space, circa 1972

S81-39580 (14 Nov. 1981) --- Astronauts Joe H. Engle, rear, and Richard H. Truly egress the space shuttle Columbia after spending two days, six hours and 13 minutes on NASA s STS-2 mission. At right is their physician, Dr. Charles La Pinta of the JSC Medical Sciences Division.

Anefo photo collection. Flight during lunar eclipse, looking at lunar eclipse from plane. January 9, 1982

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