Space Mission Training Sessions

Images of groups engaged in discussions and training for space missions, featuring individuals in professional attire in a control room setting.

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.

JSC2006-E-54451 (17 Dec. 2006) --- Astronauts Stephen K. Robinson and Joseph R. Tanner, spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM), communicate with the STS-116 crew and its spacewalkers participating in an unprecedented fourth session of extravehicular activity on the same shuttle mission. The two spacewalk veterans are seated at the CAPCOM console in the space station flight control room (FCR-1) in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center.

PHOTO DATE: 09-15-09LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupSUBJECT: STS-131 & Expedition 22 crew during ISS/STS Emergency Scene Training

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.

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: 5-9-13LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: ISS Routine Ops training session with Butch Wilmore from Soyuz 40, Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti from Soyuz 41 and Scott Kelly from Soyuz 42.

PHOTO DATE: 01-26-11LOCATION: Bldg 2SUBJECT: Expedition 27 press conference with NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko

JSC2011-E-058668 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot, participate in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASAs Johnson Space Center.

Dave Crisp, OCO-2 science team leader, JPL talks during an Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) science briefing, Sunday, June 29, 2014, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. OCO-2 will measure the global distribution of carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earths climate. OCO-2 is set to launch on July 1, 2014 at 2:59 a.m. PDT.

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.

JSC2009-E-053506 (6 March 2009) --- Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (seated center), 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, both Expedition 22/23 flight engineers, are pictured during an emergency procedure training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASAs Johnson Space Center.

DATE: 12-24-13LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - FCR-1 (30M/231) SUBJECT: ISS Flight Controllers during Expedition 38's 2nd Spacewalk to repair a faulty ISS Coolant pump with Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins. Flight Director: Dina Contella, Capcom's Doug Wheelock, Aki Hoshide, and Lead U.S. Spacewalk Officer Allison Bolinger.

STS-128 Press Conference. Photo Date: August 13, 2009. Location: Bldg. 2 - Rm 122 Press Conference.

STS-130 crew and Expedition 22 crew member T.J. Creamer during module outfitting training. Photo Date: October 7, 2009. Location: Building 9NW - SSMTF.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Ed Mango, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, or CCP, talks to media following the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability, or CCtCap, Pre-Proposal Conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CCtCap will be the next phase of certification efforts for CCP mission to the International Space Station. The purpose of the conference was to involve aerospace industry representatives in the CCtCap draft Request for Proposal, or RFP, process and provide a greater understanding for both parties before the official RFP is released in the fall of 2013.

In the Kennedy Space Center's Press Site auditorium, Peter Coen, SonicBAT Mission Analysis at NASAs Langley Research Center in Virginia, speaks to members of the media at a news conference to discuss upcoming flight tests to study the effects of sonic booms. Kennedy is partnering with Armstrong, Langley and Space Florida for a program called SonicBAT for Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence. Starting in August, NASA F-18 jets will take off from the Shuttle Landing Facility and fly at supersonic speeds while agency researchers on the ground measure the effects of low-altitude turbulence on sonic booms. The study could lead to technology mitigating the annoying sonic booms making possible supersonic flights over populated areas.

JSC2001-E-06212 (8 March 2001) --- Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield at the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in JSC's Mission Control Center checks into possible weather effects for the scheduled launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bloomfield was backing up weather CAPCOM Scott D. Altman, who was seated at the console, along with CAPCOM Christopher J. (Gus) Loria.

New NASA Administrator Michael Griffin (right) shares a moment with Director Kevin Petersen (left) and F-15B project manager Stephen Corda (center) during Griffin's visit to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Tuesday, May 24.

PHOTO DATE: 09-25-09LOCATION: Bldg 9, VR LabSUBJECT: STS-131 crew during VR LAB MSS/EVAB SUPT3 TEAM 91016 training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Ken Jucks, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 project executive at NASA Headquarters, participates in a mission science briefing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California prior to the launch of the observatory, or OCO-2.Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 is scheduled for 5:56 a.m. EDT on July 1. OCO-2 is NASAs first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earths climate. OCO-2 will provide a new tool for understanding the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide emissions and the natural "sinks" that absorb carbon dioxide and help control its buildup. The observatory will measure the global geographic distribution of these sources and sinks and study their changes over time.

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two space shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, and a long duration mission onboard the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters, Thursday, May 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. Feustel most recently spent 197 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 55 and as commander of Expedition 56. Feustel ventured outside the space station on three spacewalks, moving him up to second among U.S. spacewalkers with a cumulative time of 61 hours 48 minutes over nine spacewalks.

Date: 07-16-13Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1Subject: Expedition 36 ISS flight controllers on console during EVA #23 with Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano.

DATE: 5-16-14. LOCATION: Bldg. 16N, Room 1040. SUBJECT: Expedition 47 (Soyuz 45) crew members Tim Kopra and Timothy Peake during FF T&C/R ADV2 training in the SES Alpha Cupola.

JSC2010-E-183232 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates 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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thomas Engler, deputy manager of the Kennedy Space Center Planning and Development Office, speaks to about 45 of NASAs social media followers during two days of presentations on the Kennedy's past, present and future.The social media participants gathered at the Florida spaceport on Aug. 2 and 3, 2012 to hear from key former and current leaders who related stories of the space agency's efforts to explore the unknown. It was the first social media event totally run by Kennedy.

Date: 09-10-14Location: Bldg 30, FCR-1Subject: Expedition 40 flight controllers and Flight Director on console during undocking of Soyuz 38 from the ISS.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Mike Yagley, COBRA PUMA Golf, director of Research and Testing, briefs media representatives in Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium in preparation for the launch of the SpaceX CRS-4 mission to resupply the International Space Station. Yagley is a member of the ISS Research and Technology Panel. Dr. Eugene Boland, Techshot chief scientist, looks on at right.The mission is the fourth of 12 SpaceX flights NASA contracted with the company to resupply the space station. It will be the fifth trip by a Dragon spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory. The spacecrafts 2.5 tons of supplies, science experiments, and technology demonstrations include critical materials to support 255 science and research investigations that will occur during the station's Expeditions 41 and 42. Liftoff is targeted for an instantaneous window at 2:14 a.m. EDT.

Cassini program manager at JPL, Earl Maize, watches monitors in mission control of the Space Flight Operations Center as the Cassini spacecraft begins downlink data through NASA's Deep Space Network, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since its arrival in 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission has been a discovery machine, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system and captivating us with data and images never before obtained with such detail and clarity. On Sept. 15, 2017, operators will deliberately plunge the spacecraft into Saturn, as Cassini gathered science until the end. The plunge” ensures Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. During Cassini’s final days, mission team members from all around the world gathered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, to celebrate the achievements of this historic mission.

STS-128 Press Conference. Photo Date: August 13, 2009. Location: Bldg. 2 - Rm 122 Press Conference.

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

JSC2010-E-087713 (25 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, participates in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2012-E-034231 (8 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer and Expedition 33 commander; 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.

JSC2002-E-36217 (6 September 2002) --- Astronaut David A. Wolf, STS-112 mission specialist, responds to a query during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus, mission specialist, is visible to the left of Wolf.

DATE: 3-22-12LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 34 crew Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn during emergency scenarios training in the ISS mockups with instructor Kathryn Bolt

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory monitoring the DART spacecrafts impact into the asteroid Dimorphos. The operation is the first of its kind test to redirect deadly asteroids from hitting Earth.

STS-128 Press Conference. Photo Date: August 13, 2009. Location: Bldg. 2 - Rm 122 Press Conference.

PHOTO DATE: 01-05-10LOCATION: BLDG 4SSUBJECT: STS-133 (Last Shuttle Mission) crew during their meeting with their scheduler Dale Williamson to mark the start of their training.WORK ORDER: 0021-STS133-01-05-10

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 Feb. 23, 2017. Mike Good, program manager for Crew Operations and Testing at Johnson Space Center in Houston, is in the background. Crew Dragon is being developed and manufactured in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

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.

PHOTO DATE: 16 July 2010, LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW, SVMTF - ISS Mockups, SUBJECT: Joint STS-134, Expedition 25 and Expedition 26 ISS EmergencyScenario training.

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

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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Current and former NASA and international astronauts spoke to participants of the International Space University on the future of human spaceflight during a panel discussion at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Participating in the discussion is Garrett Reisman, senior engineer with SpaceX and former NASA astronaut.The International Space University is a nine-week intensive course designed for post-graduate university students and professionals during the summer. The program is hosted by a different country each year, providing a unique educational experience for participants from around the world. NASA Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla., are co-hosting this years event which runs from June 4 to Aug. 3. There are about 125 participants representing 31 countries.

Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, participates in a Mars 2020 Sample Return briefing at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2020. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

Roscosmos Executive director of Human Spaceflight Programs Sergei Krikalev, is seen as NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66.

PHOTO DATE: 05-11-09LOCATION: Bldg. 30 south - (Rooms)SUBJECT: STS-125 Flight Controllers on Console - (Orbit Shift) - (Subject)

JSC2010-E-132382 (16 July 2010) --- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly (left), Expedition 25 flight engineer and Expedition 26 commander; and Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, are pictured during an emergency scenarios training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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: 03-09-10LOCATION: Bldg 2NSUBJECT: STS-131 press conference

DATE: 3-21-11LOCATION: Bldg. 2N, Press Conf. RoomSUBJECT: Expedition 28 press conference with NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astronaut Trainee, Wally Funk

Expedition 35/36 crew member Chris Cassidy during INC-35/CB ISS EVA MAINT 91027 along with non-assigned astronaut Serena Aunon. Photo Date: November 16, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

DATE: 12-24-13LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - FCR-1 (30M/231) SUBJECT: ISS Flight Controllers during Expedition 38's 2nd Spacewalk to repair a faulty ISS Coolant pump with Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins. Flight Director: Dina Contella, Capcom's Doug Wheelock, Aki Hoshide, and Lead U.S. Spacewalk Officer Allison Bolinger.

DATE: 3-21-11LOCATION: Bldg. 2N, Press Conf. RoomSUBJECT: Expedition 28 press conference with NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker Jeff Hanley, JSC Constellation program manager

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.

JSC2011-E-029070 (21 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Gary Dahlke of Engineering and Technology, left and Peter Checklick of Safety and Mission Assurance give 'thumbs up' after the successful launch of a small rocket at Launch Pad 39A as part of Rocket University. Leandro James of Systems Hardware Engineering is partially obscured by Dahlke. The goal was to test its systems and to verify that it performed as designed. As part of Rocket University, the engineers are given an opportunity to work a fast-track project to develop skills in developing spacecraft systems of the future. As NASA plans for future spaceflight programs to low-Earth orbit and beyond, teams of engineers at Kennedy are gaining experience in designing and flying launch vehicle systems on a small scale. Four teams of five to eight members from Kennedy are designing rockets complete with avionics and recovery systems. Launch operations require coordination with federal agencies, just as they would with rock

JSC2002-E-21246 (20 May 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, Expedition Five mission commander representing Rosaviakosmos, responds to a query during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2009-E-107051 (4 May 2009) --- Astronauts Barry Wilmore (left), STS-129 pilot; and Mike Foreman, mission specialist, participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Former President George H.W. Bush paid a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center to speak with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra and take a tour of the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. Kellys twin brother, Mark Kelly and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were also present. Photo Date: February 5, 2016. Location: Building 30 - ISS Flight Control Room.

. SpaceX USCV-7 (Crew 7)Imagery provided by SpaceX

Associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen speaks during a press conference held after the end of the Cassini mission, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since its arrival in 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission has been a discovery machine, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system and captivating us with data and images never before obtained with such detail and clarity. On Sept. 15, 2017, operators deliberately plunged the spacecraft into Saturn, as Cassini gathered science until the end. Loss of contact with the Cassini spacecraft occurred at 7:55 a.m. EDT (4:55 a.m. PDT). The plunge” ensures Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. During Cassini’s final days, mission team members from all around the world gathered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, to celebrate the achievements of this historic mission.

Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator, University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, discusses the upcoming launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, at a press conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Monday, Oct. 28th, 2013. MAVEN is the agency's next mission to Mars and the first devoted to understanding the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet. (

Expedition 42/43 Crew News Conference with crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti. Photo Date: September 18, 2014. Location: Bldg. 2s - PAO Studio B.

PHOTO DATE: 05-11-09LOCATION: Bldg. 30 south - (Rooms)SUBJECT: STS-125 Flight Controllers on Console - (Orbit Shift) - (Subject)

SpaceX Director of space operations and former NASA astronaut Garret Reisman participates in a panel discussion titled "The Big Picture", Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.

S122-E-009541 (16 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-122 mission specialist, is pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 01 August 2012LOCATION: Bldg. 17 - JSC Food LabSUBJECT: Expedition 35/36 Russian cosmonauts during food tasting in JSC Food Lab. Vinogradov, Yurchikin and Misurkin with Russian interpreter.

Former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden participates in a panel discussion at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted by national radio host Tom Joyner, the discussion focused on the agencys Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional participants included former astronaut Winston Scott, Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.

Tilman Spohn, HP3 investigation lead, Institute of Planetary Research (DLR), discusses NASA's InSight mission during a prelaunch media briefing, Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - During a mission science briefing for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, mission at NASA Kennedy Space Centers Press Site in Florida, Craig Kletzing, a principal investigator from the University of Iowa, answers questions and displays a scale model of the twin probes. To the left, is Harlan Spence, principal investigator with the University of New Hampshire. To the right, is Lou Lanzerotti, principal investigator with the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NASAs RBSP mission will help us understand the suns influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earths radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earths Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its launch aboard an Atlas V rocket. Launch is targeted for Aug. 24.

STS-128 Press Conference. Photo Date: August 13, 2009. Location: Bldg. 2 - Rm 122 Press Conference.

JSC2002-E-36209 (6 September 2002) --- Astronaut Jeffrey S. Ashby, STS-112 mission commander, responds to a query during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

PHOTO DATE: 21 January 2014LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW, Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 41 six person crew emergency training scenarios. Crewmembers: 39S/Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst along with 40S/Wilmore, Samokutyaev, and Serova.

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.

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astronaut Trainee, Wally Funk

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.

JSC2002-E-08145 (1 March 2002) --- Astronaut Charles Hobaugh, standing near the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center, talks with astronaut Mark L. Polansky (out of frame), STS-109 ascent CAPCOM. They were monitoring the pre-launch situation at the Kennedy Space Center launch site, several hundred miles away. Hobaugh's duties, among others, were to keep up with weather conditions at and around the launch site.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Frank Culbertson, commander of the Expedition 3 resident crew on the International Space Station, poses for a photo. He and the other crew members Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Dezhurov returned to Earth as passengers aboard the orbiter Endeavour, which landed at KSC at 12:55 p.m. EST (17:55 GMT) Dec. 17, 2001, after completing mission STS-108. The landing is the 57th at KSC in the history of the program STS-108 was the 12th mission to the Space Station. This mission was the 107th flight in the Shuttle program and the 17th flight for the orbiter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Project Scientist Dr. Howard Levine and Project Engineer Monica Soler with Qinetiq North America demonstrate to media a liquid purifying system called "forward osmosis." The idea is to make a fortified drink that provides hydration and nutrients from all sources available aboard a spacecraft, such as wastewater. A space-adapted version of the system will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis for testing during the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of four are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. The STS-135 mission also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites and return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs fo

PHOTO DATE: 7-15-09LOCATION: Bldg. 30 south - WFCR and BackroomSUBJECT: STS-127 Flight Controllers on Console - Acent - STS 127 Launch

. Artemis-1 flight controllers during maximum distance from Earth and Moon. Photo Date: November 28, 2022. Location: Building 30, WFCR & Ops Suites. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Jason August, International Space Station Mission Evaluation Room manager, talks to NASA Social participants about the International Docking Adapter-3 payload during a Whats On Board science briefing at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 23, 2019. The briefing was held for SpaceXs 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and uncrewed Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to launch July 24, 2019, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Floridas Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

PHOTO DATE: 10-21-10LOCATION: Bldg 2NSUBJECT: STS-133 crew press conference

New Horizons project scientist Hal Weaver of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory discusses what they hope to learn from the flyby of Ultima Thule, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

On July 16, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch to the Moon, Apollo-era and Artemis 1 launch team members mingle in Launch Control Center Firing Room 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Former NASA astronaut Gen. Tom Stafford attends an Artemis I guest briefing during launch countdown activities on Aug. 29, 2022, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch was waved off for the day. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orions heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

Date: 07-26-12Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. RoomSubject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford

PHOTO DATE: 7-13-10LOCATION:Bldg. 2N, Press Conf. RoomSUBJECT: Expedition 25 press conference with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and his crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka

PHOTO DATE: 01-21-10LOCATION: Bldg 2, rm 122SUBJECT: Expedition 23 press conference

Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed Martin MAVEN program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado is seen during a media briefing where he and other panelist outlined activities around the Sunday, Sept. 21 orbital insertion at Mars of the agencys Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. (

ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet during CMS ARED OPS training with instructor Kimberlee Jadwick . Photo Date: September 16, 2014. Location: Building 26.

Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed Martin MAVEN program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado is seen during a media briefing where he and other panelist outlined activities around the Sunday, Sept. 21 orbital insertion at Mars of the agencys Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. (

PHOTO DATE: 21 January 2014LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW, Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility - ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 41 six person crew emergency training scenarios. Crewmembers: 39S/Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst along with 40S/Wilmore, Samokutyaev, and Serova.

S82-28951 (1 April 1982) --- A light moment takes charge of a debriefing session for STS-3 and brings a smile to the face of its commander, astronaut Jack R. Lousma, right. Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, left was one of eight other participants in the debriefing session. The two spent eight full days orbiting the Earth and conducting experiments for NASA s third space transportation system mission aboard the Columbia.

Date: 07-26-12Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. RoomSubject: Expedition 34 press conference with crew members Novitskiy, Tarelkin and Kevin Ford

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Press Site, Jerry Goudy (left), a technician with United Space Alliance, shows the media an orbiter flow liner similar to the ones in which cracks were found recently. Goudy was responsible for welding the cracks in Atlantis. These liners are inside the space shuttle Main Propulsion System fuel lines to preclude liquid hydrogen and oxygen turbulent flow into the engines during launch and climb to orbit. A welding and polishing process is being implemented that will restore flow-liner integrity to design condition. The technique has called for welds of three very small cracks on Atlantis and two on Endeavour. Additionally, the microscopic rough edges of the liner holes are being smoothed by polishing to reduce the chance of more cracks developing in the future. Atlantis is scheduled to fly on mission STS-112.

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11LOCATION: Bldg. 30SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11

Kepler team members at press event and doing media interviews.

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