Astronaut Training Sessions

Images of astronauts training in ISS mockups, focusing on routine operations and emergency scenarios. The mood is professional, with tech equipment and teamwork evident.

DATE: 7-3-13LOCATION: Bldg 9NW - ISS Mockups.SUBJECT: Expedition 36S crew members, Kotov, Ryazansky and Hopkins and 37S crew (Wakata, Tyurin, Mastracchio) during Emergency Scenarios Training.

Date: 11-28-12Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSubject: Expedition 36 crew (Cassidy, Vinogradov, Misurkin) during Routine Ops AC 2 training in ISS mockups

PHOTO DATE: 01-17-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 40 6-person crew emergency scenarios. Crewmembers: 38S/Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemiev, along with 39S/Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst.

JSC2012-E-106595 (20 July 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (left), Expedition 33 flight engineer and Expedition 34 commander, participates in a routine operations training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Crew instructor Josh Boston assisted Ford.

Date: 01-13-12Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSubject: Expedition 31/32/33 Routine Ops training in building 9NW.

Expedition 46 (Soyuz 45) crew members Tim Kopra, Tim Peake (ESA) and Yuri Malenchenko (RSA) with instructors Skyler LaBuff and Dave Wiedmeyer during Fire Scene Generic training in the Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility (SVMTF) ISS mockups. Photo Date: September 26, 2014. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

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.

DATE: 7-3-13LOCATION: Bldg 9NW - ISS Mockups.SUBJECT: Expedition 36S crew members, Kotov, Ryazansky and Hopkins and 37S crew (Wakata, Tyurin, Mastracchio) during Emergency Scenarios Training.

JSC2009-E-053497 (6 March 2009) --- Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (left), Expedition 22 flight engineer and Expedition 23 commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (right) and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (partially obscured), both Expedition 22/23 flight engineers, participate in an emergency procedure training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASAs Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 09-20-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 29 crew members Dan Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin during Routine Ops MS02 training with instructor Bill Frank.

DATE: 7-3-13LOCATION: Bldg 9NW - ISS Mockups.SUBJECT: Expedition 36S crew members, Kotov, Ryazansky and Hopkins and 37S crew (Wakata, Tyurin, Mastracchio) during Emergency Scenarios Training.

PHOTO DATE: 03-12-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 41 crew (Soyuz 39)with Suraev, Wiseman, Gerst for 3 person emergency scenarios training in the ISS mockups.

Expedition 37 crew members Karen Nyberg, Yuri Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano during Routine Ops AC 2 training in the ISS Mockups. Photo Date: January 9, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

Expedition 29/30 ISS Habitability Equipment and Procedures training in ISS mockups. Photo Date: May 17, 2011. Location: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups.

PHOTO DATE: 11-27-12LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 40 crew members (Soyuz 39) Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst with Soyuz 38 crew member Steve Swanson during ROUTINE OPS MS 1

PHOTO DATE: 01-11-13LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SARJ SUBJECT: Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during SARJ Ops training.

JSC2012-E-106510 (20 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, Expedition 33/34 flight engineer, participates in a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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

Date: 12-06-13Location: Bldg 5, SSTFSubject: Expedition 40 crew members Steve Swanson, Greg Wiseman and Alexander Gerst during EPS MAJOR CASE B training in SSTF with instructor Jessica Newman

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PHOTO DATE: 04-02-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS AirlockSUBJECT: STS-132 crew during ISS EVA TOOL CONFIGURATION with instructor Lisa Shore.

DATE: 6-9-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9, PDL (Life Sciences)SUBJECT: Instructors and crewmember Scott Kelly during Biological Sampling training session.

PHOTO DATE: 7-13-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 29/30 and Expedition 30/31 joint training sessions during Routine Ops training. Photograph crew working together and with instructorsWORK ORDER: 02250-DCB-Exp 29-30 Training_07-13-11

PHOTO DATE: 11-27-12LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 40 crew members (Soyuz 39) Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst with Soyuz 38 crew member Steve Swanson during ROUTINE OPS MS 1

JSC2010-E-187203 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, dons 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. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, assisted Garan.

PHOTO DATE: 01-17-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 40 6-person crew emergency scenarios. Crewmembers: 38S/Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemiev, along with 39S/Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst.

JSC2010-E-119530 (25 Aug. 2010) --- European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori along with NASA astronauts Michael Fincke (right foreground) and Greg Chamitoff (mostly obscured), all STS-134 mission specialists, look over their flight plans in the check-out facility at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center prior to a familiarization flight in NASA T-38 trainer jets.

DATE: 6-9-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9, PDL (Life Sciences)SUBJECT: Instructors and crewmember Scott Kelly during Biological Sampling training session.

Expedition 25/26 emergency scenario training. Photo Date: July 14, 2010. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

jsc2018e029685 (March 26, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidates Loral OHara (left), Raja Chari (center), and Kayla Barron (right) learn about International Space Station tools and systems with trainers in NASA Johnson Space Centers Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA astronaut Steven W. Lindsey (left) listens to a briefing about the pressurized module of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) in the Space Station Processing Facility. This major component of JEM, named "Kibo" (Hope), is Japan's primary contribution to the International Space Station and arrived at KSC on June 4. Lindsey is assigned to command STS-119, an upcoming Space Shuttle flight to the Station.

NASA commercial crew astronaut Mike Hopkins trains with Extravehicular Activity (EVA) tools and hardware in Johnson Space Centers Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston. Hopkins is assigned to the second crewed flight of SpaceXs Crew Dragon.

DATE: 9-22-14LOCATION: Bldg 9NW - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: Expedition 48 crew members (Soyuz 46) Aleksey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams during Emergency Scenarios Assigned 1 training in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facilities (SVMTF) ISS mockups with instructor John Ray.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, United Space Alliance workers Ross Neubarth and Paul Ogletree (foreground, left and right) look at the monitor for results of thermography on Discoverys nose cap. Behind them is Ken Tauer. Thermography is one type of inspection to verify integrity of hardware before flight. This procedure uses high intensity light to heat areas that are immediately scanned with an infrared camera to check for internal flaws. Discovery is the vehicle assigned to the Return to Flight mission, STS-114.

Expedition 36 crew during Emergency Scenarios training. Soyuz 34 crew (Cassidy, Vinogradov, Misurkin) and Soyuz 35 crew (Yurchikhin, Parmitano, Nyberg). Photo Date: January 15, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

STS-131 suited payload egress training (FFT PLD EG 91019) at Building 9 - FFT. Photo Date: September 14, 2009. Location: Building 9 - FFT.

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

JSC2009-E-286679 (21 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, participates in a training session in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2011-E-029113 (25 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, 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) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2012-E-215426 (12 Sept. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36/37 flight engineer, participates in a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 29 April 2013LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW, Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 39/40 (Soyuz 38) crew members, Steve Swanson, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemiev during Routine Ops sim in the ISS mockups at the Johnson Space Center.

Expedition 28 crew payload training on DECLIC with instructor Wayne Wright and JAXA crew member Satoshi Furukawa. Photo Date: July 14, 2010. Location: Building 5, RBUA/Rm. 1120B.

JSC2011-E-021708 (25 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, uses a computer during a training session in a space station mock-up 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

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 Hans Schlegel, Rex Walheim and European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts, Commander Stephen Frick, Mission Specialist Leland Melvin and Pilot Alan Poindexter. 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.

JSC2010-E-170910 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (right), STS-135 commander; and Rex Walheim, mission specialist, 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. United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro (background) assisted the crew members. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

PHOTO DATE: 10-30-13LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - POGO Stand SUBJECT: Expedition 43 commander and crew member Terry Virts during his ISS EVA POGO 1 training on the POGO stand with instructors Faruq Sabur and Alexandros Kanelakos.

JSC2011-E-054053 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, 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.

JSC2010-E-183216 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley (right), pilot; and Rex Walheim, mission specialist, participate in a tools and repair kits training session 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.

JSC2011-E-024066 (4 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, prepares for an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson (right), STS-135 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28/29 flight engineer, assisted Magnus.

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

Date: 01-13-12Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSubject: Expedition 31/32/33 Routine Ops training in building 9NW.

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.

JSC2010-E-183523 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim (left), STS-135 mission specialist; and Doug Hurley, pilot, 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 NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

JSC2011-E-017403 (16 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, participates in an extravehicular activity (EVA) training session in the Partial Gravity Simulator (POGO) test area in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASAs Kennedy Space Center, Russell Romanella (in the foreground), deputy director of ISS and Payload Processing, talks to the 2004 class of astronaut candidates on their tour of the Space Station Processing Facility. In the background is the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Donatello. The class of 14 candidates includes three candidates from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as well as three educator astronauts, who were school teachers chosen from thousands of applicants.

S124-E-005585 (2 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-124 commander, works on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

JSC2011-E-058814 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (background), Expedition 29 flight engineer and Expedition 30 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30/31 flight engineer, participate in an electrical power system training session in the Space Station Training Facility in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

DATE: 9-11-12LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High BaySUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training.

JSC2012-E-106557 (20 July 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 33 flight engineer and Expedition 34 commander, talks on a microphone during a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

CCP astronauts Suni Williams and Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1G training.

Expedition 27 crew payload training on DECLIC with instructor Wayne Wright and Astronaut Ron Garan. Photo Date: July 14, 2010. Location: Building 5, RBUA/Rm. 1120B.

Date:08-19-2014Location:B9NW Node 1Subject:Photograph ESA Astronaut Andreas Mogensen on behalf of ESA during INT TV OPS USER training with instructor Katrina Willoughby. Post on IO/ISS Missions/ISS-045/Preflight. Notify Mike Gentry, Kathy Strawn, Jody Russell, Kylie Clem, Kelly Humphries, Jay Bolden, Jason Roberts, Mark Garcia, Dylan Mathis, Carlos Fontanot, Andreas Mogensen, Katrina Willoughby and Melanie Cowan when ready.Photog: David DeHoyos

HOUSTON - Engineers for Boeing Space Exploration demonstrate that the CST-100 software allows a human pilot to take over control of the spacecraft from the computer during all phases of a mission following separation from the launch vehicle. The pilot-in-the-loop demonstration at the Houston Product Support Center is a milestone under Boeing's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability agreement with the agency and its Commercial Crew Program.

Date: 01-22-14Location: Bldg 5, SSATASubject: EPS Major Case with Expedition 41 crew (39S/Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst, along with 40S/Wilmore).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-134 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, left, and Mission Specialist Michael Fincke talk to employees inside NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-1, where space shuttle Endeavour is being prepared for public display.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.

Expedition 42 crew member Butch Wilmore during ISS EVA POGO-2 training class. Photo Date: April 25, 2014. Location: Bldg. 9NW - POGO.

iss065e099691 (June 11, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur participates in robotics training for the Behavioral Core Measures experiment. The study seeks to rapidly and reliably assess the risk of adverse cognitive or behavioral conditions and psychiatric disorders during long-duration spaceflight missions.

JSC2012-E-034226 (8 March 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (foreground), Expedition 32/33 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 31/32 flight engineer, participate in an HTV rendezvous/deployment training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 25 April 2013LOCATION: Bldg. 7, SSATA ChamberSUBJECT: Astronaut Mike Hopkins during SSATA ISS Increment 39 EMU Dry Run Certification. Astronaut and fellow crew member Steve Swanson assists.

PHOTO DATE: 01-24-11LOCATION: Bldg 9, VR LabSUBJECT: STS-133 crew training in VR Lab with replacement crew member Steve Bowen

JSC2012-E-220365 (9 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36/37 flight engineers, participate in a space station EVA planning and preparation session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Crew instructor Regan Cheney (right) assisted the crew members.

PHOTO DATE: 01-11-13LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SARJ SUBJECT: Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during SARJ Ops training.

DATE: 7-3-13LOCATION: Bldg 9NW - ISS Mockups.SUBJECT: Expedition 36S crew members, Kotov, Ryazansky and Hopkins and 37S crew (Wakata, Tyurin, Mastracchio) during Emergency Scenarios Training.

Date:11-08-12Location: Bldg 5 South, SSMTFSubject: Expedition 41/42 (Soyuz 40) Russian cosmonaut Yelena (Elena) Serova during Space Station Training Facility (SSTF) Familiarization with instructor Josh Matthew

PHOTO DATE: 11-16-12LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 41/42 crew members Barry Wilmore, Terry Virts and Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during ISS Joint AL Hardware training in the ISS mockups.

PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups.

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240 - calibration and camera check out wit Kim Ennico (Ed schilling is used as subject)

Assured Vehicle Automation (AVA) - Hazard Perception and Avoidance (HPA), Human-In-The-Loop Simulation 1 (AVA-1h Simulation) in the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS). Human factors engineer Casey Smith, left, and pilot Wayne Ringelberg, right, discuss simulation results during a flight debrief in the VMS control room, N243.

JSC2011-E-003204 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist; and Mike Fossum (foreground), Expedition 28 flight engineer and Expedition 29 commander; use the virtual reality lab in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center to train for some of their duties aboard the space shuttle and space station. This type of computer interface, paired with virtual reality training hardware and software, helps to prepare crew members for dealing with space station elements. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

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

JSC2011-E-021706 (25 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; and Sandy Magnus, mission specialist, use computers during a training session in a space station mock-up in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

DATE: 1-7-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - POGO StandSUBJECT: Expedition 44 astronaut Kjell Lindgren during ISS EVA POGO 1 training.

Date: 12/09/13Location: NBL - High Bay (MU-S)Subject: Soyuz 45 crew members, Tim Kopra and ESA astronaut Tim Peake during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 - 1G training

JSC2009-E-053507 (6 March 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (left), Expedition 22/23 flight engineer, participates in an emergency procedure training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASAs Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-170901 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; Rex Walheim, Sandy Magnus, both mission specialists; and Doug Hurley (right foreground), pilot, 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. United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro (second right) assisted the crew members. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

DATE: 5-21-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool TopsideSUBJECT: Mike Hopkins during INCR-37 ISS EVA Maintenance 95027 run with astronaut Kathleen Rubins.

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

PHOTO DATE: 01-28-10LOCATION: Bldg. 9 - VR Lab SUBJECT: STS-132 crew during their MSS/SIMP EVA3 OPS 4 training with Expedition 23 crew member Tracy Caldwell Dyson. Instructor is Madhurita Sengupta.

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.

JSC2011-E-060762 (29 June 2011) --- STS-135 crew members are pictured during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (center left), commander; Doug Hurley (center right), pilot; Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, both mission specialists.

DATE: 9-11-12LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High BaySUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew (Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano) along with Exp. 37/38s Michael Hopkins during EPS Major Case Training.

S124-E-006184 (4 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, looks over a checklist on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

STS-132 CREW CEIT - ATLANTIS

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: 01-24-11LOCATION: Bldg 9, VR LabSUBJECT: STS-133 crew training in VR Lab with replacement crew member Steve Bowen

PHOTO DATE: 06-27-14LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 42/43 (Soyuz 41) crew members Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti and Anton Shakaplerov during Mega Code 2 training with instructor Melinda Hailey.

S131-E-009392 (13 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, floats freely in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist, works at a robotic workstation at right.

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.

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.

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

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