Astronaut Training and Equipment

Images show astronauts in training sessions, focusing on suit preparation and equipment handling within the space environment.

PHOTO DATE: 05-15-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 42 crew members Butch Wilmore, Alexander Samokutyaev and Yelena Serova during Routine Ops training

PHOTO DATE: 05-16-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS US LABSUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 ISS Routine Ops training in ISS mockupsWORK ORDER: 2011-1228

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-122 crew members are introduced to part of the LESS. From left are Mission Specialists Stanley Love, Hans Schlegel and Rex Walheim. The crew is at Kennedy to take part in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, which helps familiarize them with equipment and payloads for the mission. Among the activities standard to a CEIT are harness training, inspection of the thermal protection system and camera operation for planned extravehicular activities, or EVAs. STS-122 is targeted for launch in December.

JSC2009-E-061368 (23 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Danny Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASAs Johnson Space Center. Astronaut Jose Hernandez, mission specialist, assisted Olivas.

PHOTO DATE: 09-30-09LOCATION: NBL, TopsideSUBJECT: STS-132 Preflight Training - DiveWith Garret Reisman, Mike Goode and Stephen Bowen

JSC2009-E-284901 (15 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot; and Michael Fincke, mission specialist, participate in an EVA Thermal Protection System (TPS) overview training session in the TPS/ Precision Air Bearing Facility in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASAs Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11LOCATION: NBL - Pool TopsideSUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA trainingWORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to rotate the payload transportation canister containing the International Space Station's Node 3, named Tranquility, into a vertical position for its move to Launch Pad 39A. The primary payload for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission, Tranquility is a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the space station's life support systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay window and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor spacewalks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of Earth and other celestial objects. The module was built in Turin, Italy, by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency. Launch of STS-130 is ta

PHOTO DATE: 05-15-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 42 crew members Butch Wilmore, Alexander Samokutyaev and Yelena Serova during Routine Ops training

Date: 09-30-14Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupSubject: Expedition 46/47 (Soyuz 45) crew members Tim Kopra, Timothy Peake, Yuri Malenchenko with instructor Wyatt Smith during Routine Ops training in the Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility's ISS mockups

Expedition 43 Emergency Scenarios training in ISS mockups with Soyuz 41(Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti, Terry Virts) and Soyuz 42 (Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko, Scott Kelly). Photo Date: July 10, 2014. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

PHOTO DATE: 01-20-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 and Expedition 29 crew members during joint Routine Ops AC training with instructor Mark Fleming

PHOTO DATE: 01-20-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 and Expedition 29 crew members during joint Routine Ops AC training with instructor Mark Fleming

JSC2006-E-44632 (16 Oct. 2006) --- Astronaut John D. (Danny) Olivas, STS-117 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 Johnson Space Center. Suit technicians assisted Olivas.

JSC2010-E-170906 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (second right), STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley (left), pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility.

PHOTO DATE: 03-24-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NWSUBJECT: STS-133 crew during EVA TPS Overview training with instructor Alexandros Kanelakos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the STS-122 crew look over cameras that will be used during the mission. From left are Mission Specialists Hans Schlegel and Rex Walheim. Schlegel represents the European Space Agency. The crew is at Kennedy Space Center to take part in a crew equipment interface test, which helps familiarize them with equipment and payloads for the mission. Among the activities standard to a CEIT are harness training, inspection of the thermal protection system and camera operation for planned extravehicular activities, or EVAs. The mission will carry and install the Columbus Lab, a multifunctional, pressurized laboratory that will be permanently attached to Node 2 of the space station to carry out experiments in materials science, fluid physics and biosciences, as well as to perform a number of technological applications. It is Europes largest contribution to the construction of the International Space Station and will

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

PHOTO DATE: 29 September 2010, LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW, FFT Space Shuttle Mockup and ISS Airlock Mockup. SUBJECT: STS-133 crew members Nicole Stott, Mike Barratt, Tim Kopra and Benjamin Drew during STS-133 SMTF ISS EVA P/P 33105 with Instructors Jonnie Lynn R. Yaptengco, Ernie Bell.

STS-135 Payload & Orbiter CEIT

STS-132 crew members Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen during preparations for STS-132 ULF4 EVA 1 training. Photo Date: February 8, 2010. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

DATE: 5-10-11LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 29 crew members during OOM skills training in ISS mockups

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia outside Moscow, Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Dan Burbank of NASA reviews Russian segment systems documents during a training session August 25, 2011 as he prepares for his launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft with Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin for a six-month stint on the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 07-18-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: EVA Team training with Expedition 42 commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore.

Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, left, and Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, right, pose for a photograph on the stairs leading into the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft during the final check of the spacecraft, Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kelly, Kornienko, and Padalka are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time.) As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, left, and Eric Boe visit with a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) employee in August 2018. Ferguson and Boe were joined by fellow commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann and Suni Williams, who made the trip to the Florida spaceport about a week after their Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew assignments were announced by NASA. They stopped by Boeings Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeings upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeings first operational mission to the ISS.

During a tour of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, commercial crew astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Eric Boe participate in joint test team training using mockup components of the Crew Dragon on March 8, 2017. Crew Dragon is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Date: 09-23-14Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS AirlockSubject: Expedition 48 crew member (Soyuz 46) Jeff Williams during ISS EVA P/P 1 (PRESS w/cooling) training with CSA astronaut Saint Jacques and Expedition 47 crew member Tim Peake in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facilities (SVMTF) ISS Airlock mockup with instructor Megan Murphey.

JSC2008-E-118358 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit 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-108006 (2 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (right), Expedition 35 flight engineer and Expedition 36 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 35/36 flight engineer, participate in an emergency scenario training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-02941 (26 November 2001) --- Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Perrin, representing CNES, the French Space Agency, is assisted by crew trainers Don Post, Jr., and Nichole Starke. STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

PHOTO DATE: 06-26-09LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFTSUBJECT: STS-128 crew during space station ingress/egress timeline training with instructors Bob Behrendsen and Glenn Johnson

DATE: 9-24-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups.SUBJECT: Expedition 48 crew members (Soyuz 46) Aleksey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams during Routine Ops training in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facilities (SVMTF) ISS mockups with instructor John Ray.

jsc2018e094723 (November 05, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Warren Hoburg ia helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston.

STS099-327-003 (11-22 February 2000) ---Astronauts Gerhard P.J. Thiele and Janet L. Kavandi of the Red Team check Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data takes on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Both are mission specialists, with Thiele representingthe European Space Agency (ESA).

jsc2017e114900 (09-06-17) --- During water survival training in 2017 at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron is guided through training by instructors.

Date: 03-14-12Location: NBLSubject: Expedition 35 (Soyuz 33S) crew members Tom Marshburn and Chris Hadfield during EVA training at the NBL.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 crew members learn more about the cameras they will use on the mission. From left are Mission Specialist Joseph Acaba, Commander Lee Archambault and Mission Specialists Richard Arnold and Steve Swanson. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test that provides experience handling tools, equipment and hardware they will use on the mission. On the STS-119 mission, space shuttle Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. Discovery is targeted for launch on Feb. 12, 2009.

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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the nose cap recently removed from Atlantis. From left are Mission Specialists Charles Camarda, Soichi Noguchi, and Andy Thomas. Camarda and Thomas are new additions to the crew. Noguchi is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

PHOTO DATE: 12-22-09LOCATION: BLDG 9NW SSMTFSUBJECT: STS-130 crew during SSMTF IN/EG TIMELINE training in building 9NWWORKORDER: 3779-STS130SSMTF-12-22-09

JSC2012-E-237243 (5 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36/37 flight engineer; and Chris Cassidy, Expedition 35/36 flight engineer, participate in a robotics training session in the Space Station Training Facility (SSTF) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 crew members examine equipment that will be on the mission. From left are Mission Specialist Julie Payette, Commander Mark Polansky and Pilot Doug Hurley. The crew members are at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section, or ELM-ES, to the International Space Station on STS-127. Launch is targeted for mid-June, 2009.

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.

DATE: 9-24-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups.SUBJECT: Expedition 48 crew members (Soyuz 46) Aleksey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams during Routine Ops training in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facilities (SVMTF) ISS mockups with instructor John Ray.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-134 Mission Specialist Michael Finke checks out some of the tools and equipment he'll be using in space. The six-member crew is at Kennedy participating in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), which gives them an opportunity for hands-on training and familiarization of the payload they'll be delivering to the International Space Station. Space shuttle Endeavour is targeted to launch on the STS-134 mission Feb. 27, 2011.

Soyuz 41 crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov (RSA) and Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) during Routine Ops training with instructor Josh Matthew. Photo Date: October 24, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

DATE: 8-5-14LOCATION: Bldg 9, ISS mockupsSUBJECT: Expedition (45/46) commander Scott Kelly during IMAX camera training with IMAX instructors and Mark Turner.

JSC2007-E-113592 (18 Dec. 2007) --- Astronaut Michael T. Good, STS-125 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 Andrew J. Feustel (left), mission specialist, assisted Good.

PHOTO DATE: 06-23-11LOCATION: Bld 9NWSUBJECT: Expedition 29 crew members, Dan Burbank, Don Pettit and Andre Kuiper during EVA Fluid QD Ops with instructor Sandra MooreWORK ORDER: 2011-1643

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a crew equipment interface test in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 Pilot Kenneth Ham (left) and Mission Specialist Michael Fossum look at cameras that will be used on the mission. Discovery will transport the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) to the International Space Station to complete the Kibo laboratory. The launch of Discovery is targeted for April 24.

JSC2009-E-244234 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka (left), STS-130 commander; along with astronauts Nicholas Patrick (center) and Robert Behnken, both mission specialists, work with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit equipment during a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

S135-E-006276 (9 July 2011) --- NASA astronautDoug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, is pictured on the middeck of the space shuttle Atlantis during the flight's second day of activities in Earth orbit.

JSC2008-E-124036 (20 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, gets help with the donning of a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 crew participate in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT. From left in the blue flight suits are Mission Specialists Donald Pettit, Shane Kimbrough, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen. The CEIT provides hands-on experience with hardware and equipment slated to fly on their mission. Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station on the STS-126 mission. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10.

Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during EVA training operations at the NBL. Photo Date: January 8, 2013. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

PHOTO DATE: 01-08-09LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - CCT II MockupSUBJECT: STS-128 crew during CCT BAILOUT with Expedition astronaut Nicole Stott.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Rex Walheim look at the Orion crew module stacked on top of the service module in the Final Assembly and System Test cell inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An event was held to mark the T-6 months and counting to the launch of Orion on Exploration Flight Test-1, or EFT-1. The flight test will provide engineers with data about the heat shield's ability to protect Orion and its future crews from the 4,000-degree heat of reentry and an ocean splashdown following the spacecrafts 20,000-mph reentry from space. Data gathered during the flight will inform decisions about design improvements on the heat shield and other Orion systems, and authenticate existing computer models and new approaches to space systems design and development. This process is critical to reducing overall risks and costs of future Orion missions.Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to ca

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

PHOTO DATE: 10-28-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 27 crew members Ron Garan, Andre Borisenko and Aleksandr Samokutyayev all working with instructors Nadine Lashier and Jennifer James during the crew's Routine Ops training

Date: 11-09-12Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 42 crew member and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with non-assigned astronaut Nicole Stott during INC-42/CB EVA SKILLS 21027

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Walter "Buddy" McKenzie leads STS-134 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, foreground, Mission Specialist Michael Fincke, space shuttle Endeavour Flow Director Dana Hutcherson and others through Orbiter Processing Facility-1 following a crew return event.Commander Mark Kelly, Johnson and Mission Specialists Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori lifted off May 16, 2011 aboard space shuttle Endeavour. During the nearly 16-day STS-134 mission, Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the station and Endeavour's 25th and final flight.

jsc2017e043851 (April 14, 2017) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 51 prime and backup crewmembers are shown a replica of a Soyuz seat and passenger April 14 during a traditional tour of the facility. From left to right are prime crewmember Jack Fischer of NASA, backup crewmember Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), backup crewmember Randy Bresnik of NASA and prime crewmember Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos. Fischer and Yurchikhin will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 03-24-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NWSUBJECT: STS-133 crew during EVA TPS Overview training with instructor Alexandros Kanelakos

Date: 12-05-11Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupSubject: Expedition 33 Soyuz crew Tom Marshburn and Chris Hadfield during their Emergency Scene training

PHOTO DATE: 01-25-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 crew member and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa during ISS EVA P/P 33105 training with STS-135 crew members

JSC2011-E-029056 (21 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim (right) and Sandy Magnus, both STS-135 mission specialists, participate in an extravehicular activity (EVA) hardware training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. EVA instructors John Ray (left foreground) and Art Thomason assisted Walheim and Magnus. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 crew put on safety harnesses in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during a crew equipment interface test. From left are Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Ronald Garan. On the mission, Discovery will transport the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) to the International Space Station to complete the Kibo laboratory. The launch of Discovery is targeted for April 24.

STS-135 Orbiter & Payload CEIT

JSC2010-E-194291 (4 Dec. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (left) and Gregory H. Johnson, STS-134 commander and pilot, respectively, participate in an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 01-25-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 crew member and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa during ISS EVA P/P 33105 training with STS-135 crew members

PHOTO DATE: 04-20-09LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS Mockup, AirlockSUBJECT: Preflight Coverage, STS 128 & Expedition 20 crews training in ISS Airlock mockup, Bldg 9NW

Date: 05-13-2022Loction: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSubject: Crew-5 astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, Koichi Wakata and 68S crew members Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, Anna Kikina and Frank Rubio in Emergency Scenarios Joint Crew training in SVMFPhotographer: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 02-04-10LOCATION: BLDG 9NWSUBJECT: STS-133 crew during CCT II Flight Communications planWORK ORDER: 0468-STS133-02-04-10

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos is presented with a souvenir launch key during traditional pre-launch ceremonies at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and Kate Rubins of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14.

NASA began evaluating five habitat prototypes developed through NASAs Next Space Exploration for Technologies Partnerships, or NextSTEP, to help engineers refine requirements for the design of an American-made deep space habitat for the Gateway. Lockheed Martin turned over its prototype to NASA, and testing began with crew on March 25, 2019, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pictured inside the habitat prototype on March 26, 2019, from left are astronauts Frank Rubio, Stephanie Wilson and Raja Chari. Partially in view next to Chari is astronaut Shannon Walker. Astronauts are participating in the evaluations to provide their perspectives as those who may one day live aboard the lunar outpost, which would be located about 250,000 miles from Earth. Ground prototypes developed by Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Sierra Nevada Corporation will be tested in the future at various facilities across the country. A sixth company, NanoRacks, plans to develop a prototype as well

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, astronauts familiarize themselves with hardware and modules to be flown on upcoming shuttle flights. Seen here are Leopold Eyharts and Peggy Whitson. With construction of the Space Station the primary focus of future shuttle missions, astronaut crews will be working with one or more of the elements and hardware already being processed in the SSPF.

Date: 07-03-14Location: Bldg 9, ISS MockupsSubject: Soyuz 42S (Expedition 44/45/46) crew members during Emergency Scenarios training in ISS mockups with astronaut Scott Kelly, cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Genady Padalka.

Boeing trainers conduct simulations inside the Boeing Exploration Habitat Demonstrator with astronauts to evaluate the internal layout and ergonomics, to support efficient work-life balance aboard a deep space ship.

PHOTO DATE: 04-08-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, CCTIISUBJECT: STS-132 crew during ingress/egress training

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, astronauts of the second Return to Flight mission, STS-121, practice using the Tile Repair Kit. Crew members seen in this photo are, left to right, Mission Specialist Michael E. Fossum, Commander Steven W. Lindsey, and Mission Specialists Lisa Nowak and Piers J. Sellers. The crew is at KSC to participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT). During CEIT, the crew has an opportunity to get a hands-on look at the orbiter and equipment they will be working with on their missions. Mission STS-121 is scheduled to launch aboard Atlantis in July.

JSC2011-E-050012 (24 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, participates in an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Drew Billingsley assisted Ferguson.

PHOTO DATE: 01-20-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 and Expedition 29 crew members during joint Routine Ops AC training with instructor Mark Fleming

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the STS-116 crew discuss use of some of the flight hardware during the Crew Equipment Interface Test. Seen here are (from left) Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam, Christer Fugelsang and Nicholas Patrick. Fugelsang represents the European Space Agency. Mission crews make frequent trips to the Kennedy Space Center to become familiar with the equipment and payloads they will be using. STS-116 will be mission No. 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Dec. 7.

DATE: 1-24-13LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 38 crew members, Kotov, Ryazansky and Mike Hopkins during Emergency Scenarios Training in the ISS mockups.

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.

Photo date: 12-08-2009Location: B9NW ISS MockupSubject: STS130 Transfer Training

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, from left, STS-119 Mission Specialist Joseph Acaba, Commander Lee Archambault and Mission Specialist Richard Arnold familiarize themselves with hardware slated to fly on their upcoming space shuttle mission. On the STS-119 mission, space shuttle Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. Launch is targeted for Feb. 12, 2009.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla., STS-116 Pilot William Oefelein and Commander Mark Polansky relax during equipment familiarization to talk to astronaut Marsha Ivins, who is currently assigned to the Astronaut Office, Space Station/Shuttle Branches for crew equipment, habitability and stowage. Mission crews make frequent trips to the Space Coast to become familiar with the equipment and payloads they will be using. STS-116 will be mission number 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Dec. 7.

PHOTO DATE: 04-23-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupSUBJECT: Expedition 25 crew members, Kaleri, Skripochka and S. Kelly during routine ops training.

DATE: 5-8-12LOCATION: Bldg. NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 35/36 crew training (Pavel Vinogradov, Alexander Misurkin and Chris Cassidy) during emergency scenarios training in the ISS mockups with Station Training Lead, Lucia McCullough.

PHOTO DATE: 03-20-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 41 (Soyuz 39) crew members Greg Wiseman and Alexander Gerst during Routine Ops AC-2 training.

JSC2012-E-032789 (6 March 2012) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer and Expedition 35 commander, participates in an extravehicular activity (EVA) preparation and post EVA training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

jsc2018e051929 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA touches the fairing of her Soyuz spacecraft May 31 during a final inspection. Aunon-Chancellor, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos will launch June 6 in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. ..NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

S72-17509 (19 Jan. 1972) --- These three men are the crewmen for the first manned Skylab mission. They are astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, standing left; scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, seated; and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. They were photographed and interviewed during an open house press day in the realistic atmosphere of the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) trainer in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). The control and display panel for the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) is at right.

. iss068e006386 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio has fun with fluid physics as he observes the behavior of a free-flying water bubble inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.

Orion Media Day takes place at Lockheed Martins Waterton facility in Littleton, Colorado on Oct. 21, 2011. Astronauts Michael Barratt and Nicholas Patrick are visible. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon capsule that returned to Earth on May 31 following the first successful mission by a private company to carry supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas. Bolden and Musk also thanked the more than 150 SpaceX employees working at the McGregor facility for their role in the historic mission.

JSC2012-E-105443 (25 July 2012) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer and Expedition 35 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.

PHOTO DATE: 09-17-13LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 40/41 emergency scenario crew training with crew members Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman.

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