JSC2002-01563 (8 August 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, uses the Sky-genie to lower himself from a simulated trouble-plagued shuttle in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Curbeam is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2006-E-46464 (25 Oct. 2006) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, 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. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein, STS-116 pilot, assisted Williams.

JSC2001-02194 (9 August 2001) --- Suited in a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 mission specialist, awaits a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-109 will be the 108th shuttle flight and the fourth Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.

JSC2002-E-14067 (20 April 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield, STS-110 mission commander, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.

PHOTO DATE: 01-27-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFT SUBJECT: STS-128 crew with Expedition crew member Cady Coleman during payload egress training PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR

JSC2009-E-286657 (21 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, occupies the pilot?s station during a training session in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-286664 (21 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-46471 (25 Oct. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-116 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

Photo Date: 12/06/2021 Subject: NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here with Johnson Center Director Vanessa Wyche in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos Berríos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photographers: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 11-17-08 LOCATION: Bldg 2N, 212 SUBJECT: Photographic support for Media Services: Photograph STS-126 Flight Day 3 Mission Status Briefing. PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES BLAIR

JSC2008-E-118357 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit 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.

JSC2001-E-22798 (25 July 2001) --- Astronaut James F. Reilly, STS-104 mission specialist, addresses a crowd at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 for a crew return ceremony.

JSC2004-E-44630 (7 October 2004) --- Paul Williamson, crew instructor, operates a simulated version of the International Space Station robotic arm, Canadarm2, in the Multi-use Remote Manipulator Development Facility at the Johnson Space Center. A robotic control station for operating the arm is setup in a mockup of the Cupola module where arm operations will be housed in the future on Station. The Cupola, a dome-shaped module with seven windows, will give astronauts a panoramic view for observing many operations on the outside of the orbiting complex. Today, Station crews use a robotic control computer station located in the Destiny Laboratory to operate the arm. The Cupola is scheduled to be installed on Station in early 2009 and one of the robotic control stations will be permanently placed inside.

JSC2002-E-26028 (21 June 2002) --- The Expedition Four crewmembers are photographed during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field. From the left are cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, mission commander representing Rosaviakosmos, astronauts Carl E. Walz and Daniel W. Bursch, both flight engineers.

JSC2007-E-21204 (1 May 2007) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Leland D. Melvin, STS-122 mission specialist, awaits the start of an emergency egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-01921 (12 July 2001) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-109 mission commander, is assisted by United Space Alliance (USA) crew trainer David Pogue and a diver during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-109 will be the 108th shuttle flight and the fourth Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.

JSC2009-E-286671 (21 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick, 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.

Orion's parachutes deploy as it returns to Earth after Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 5, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

JSC2006-E-54743 (20 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut K. Megan McArthur, STS-116 Orbit 2 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), talks with the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as they wind down toward the final 48 hours of an almost two-week mission in space.

JSC2001-02197 (9 August 2001) --- Suited in a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, STS-109 mission specialist, awaits a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-109 will be the 108th shuttle flight and the fourth Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.

Orion's parachutes deploy as it returns to Earth after Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 5, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

JSC2008-E-118429 (26 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2005-E-30917 (31 July 2005) --- Astronaut Joe Tanner joins other astronauts and engineers at the Johnson Space Center to practice techniques to eliminate or trim protruding gap fillers that Astronauts Noguchi and Robinson will use during their spacewalk. The ceramic coated-fabric gap fillers are used to protect against hot gas from seeping into gaps between the Shuttle’s protective tiles. Photo Credit: NASA/James Blair

JSC2002-E-39745 (26 September 2002) --- Astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper (left) and Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, both STS-115 mission specialists, observe training activities of their crewmates from the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2002-E-26033 (21 June 2002) --- Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist representing CNES, the French Space Agency, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies.

JSC2006-E-50943 (28 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 15 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, puts the final touches on the suit-up process with a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2002-01742 (17 September 2002) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, STS-113 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Lopez-Alegria is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2008-E-124047 (20 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-23191 (26 July 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, responds to a query during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC). The station crew members were later joined by the STS-105 crew on the dais. All seven men are to be launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on August 9.

JSC2007-E-41541 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Astronauts Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, and Dan Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, use the virtual reality lab at Johnson Space Center to train for 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 the entire team for dealing with space station elements.

JSC2002-E-01742 (16 January 2002) --- Astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, STS-109 mission specialist, photographed in a T-38 trainer jet, prepares for a flight at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2008-E-118400 (26 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld (right), STS-125 mission specialist, and Tomas Gonzalez-Torres, STS-125 lead spacewalk officer, discuss training activities in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2002-E-36211 (6 September 2002) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, STS-112 mission specialist representing Rosaviakosmos, fields a question during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2004-E-42288 (24 September 2004) --- Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, uses a still camera prior to the start of a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist, looks on. Robinson and Thomas are wearing training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2002-E-14071 (20 April 2002) --- Astronaut Stephen N. Frick, STS-110 pilot, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.

JSC2007-E-43438 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Michael E. Fossum, STS-124 mission specialist, awaits the start of a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-118383 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Astronauts John Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew Feustel, both STS-125 mission specialists, participate in a training session at consoles in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2002-E-14076 (20 April 2002) --- Astronaut Lee M. E. Morin, STS-110 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.

JSC2001-E-22799 (25 July 2001) --- Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, STS-104 mission specialist, addresses a crowd at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 for a crew return ceremony.

jsc2020e000649 (Jan. 10, 2020) --- The 2017 Class of Astronauts participate in graduation ceremonies at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left are, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, CSA astronaut Jennifer Sidey-Gibbon, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Bob Hines and Warren Hoburg. This is the first class of astronauts to graduate under the Artemis program and are now eligible for assignments to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and ultimately, missions to Mars.

JSC2010-E-014278 (27 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, gets help in the donning of 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. Astronaut Mark Kelly, commander, assisted Chamitoff.

JSC2002-E-39744 (26 Sept. 2002) --- Astronaut Steven G. MacLean, STS-115 mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, waves as he is submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. MacLean is wearing a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit.

JSC2004-E-42270 (24 September 2004) --- Astronaut Charles J. Camarda, STS-114 mission specialist, dons a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, prior to the start of a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2002-E-25983 (21 June 2002) --- NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (from left), astronauts Paul S. Lockhart, Philippe Perrin, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and Kenneth D. Cockrell check out the welcome home sign of a young greeter during crew return ceremonies in Hangar 990 at Elligngton Field.

JSC2002-E-42178 (19 October 2002) --- NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, addresses a crowd on hand at Ellington Field's Hangar 990 during crew return ceremonies for the STS-112 crewmembers.

JSC2009-E-072674 (9 April 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, works with a Hubble Space Telescope mock-up during a spacewalk training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-02191 (9 August 2001) --- Suited in a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-109 mission commander, awaits a training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-109 will be the 108th shuttle flight and the fourth Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.

PHOTO DATE: 05-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFT SUBJECT: Photographic coverage of STS-129 Preflight Training. Suited payload egress training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

JSC2007-E-14464 (20 March 2007) --- Astronaut Alan G. Poindexter, STS-122 pilot, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a post insertion/de-orbit training session in one of the full-scale trainers (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-02115 (31 July 2001) --- The flight controllers for the Ascent/Entry shift for the upcoming STS-105 mission pose with the assigned astronaut crew for a team portrait in the Shuttle Flight Control Room (WFCR) of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director John Shannon (left center) and STS-105 commander Scott J. Horowitz hold the mission logo. Also pictured on the front row are spacecraft communicator Kenneth D. Cockrell and STS-105 crew members Daniel T. Barry, Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow and Patrick G. Forrester. The team had been participating in an integrated simulation for the scheduled August mission.

JSC2002-00805 (12 April 2002) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, STS-112 mission specialist representing Rosaviakosmos, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, waits for the start of a photo and training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

PHOTO DATE: 05-20-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9, VR Lab SUBJECT: Photographic coverage of STS-128 Preflight Training, VR Lab PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR

JSC2010-E-026906 (22 Feb. 2010) --- STS-133 crew members participate in a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured counter-clockwise (from the right foreground) are NASA astronauts Tim Kopra, mission specialist; Steve Lindsey, commander; Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt (left foreground), all mission specialists.

JSC2007-E-06545 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock, STS-120 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-49052 (13 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, STS-116 mission specialist, photographed in the rear station of a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center, prepares for a flight to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

JSC2002-00698 (25 March 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee (left) and Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, STS-113 mission commander and mission specialist, respectively, wait for a training and photo session to begin in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-113 will be the 16th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

JSC2001-E-25422 (17 August 2001) --- Gary Ford, assembly and check-out officer, intently studies data at his console in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC) during the STS-105 mission.

PHOTO DATE: 06-08-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, SSMTF, MPLM SUBJECT: STS-128 crew during their SSMTF TRANS HANDS-ON review in building 9NW. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR

JSC2010-E-014281 (27 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, gets help in the donning of 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. Astronaut Mark Kelly, commander, assisted Chamitoff.

PHOTO DATE: 03-23-09 LOCATION: SCTF, NBL SUBJECT: Preflight coverage of STS-128 crew members Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang during STS-128 17A TPS Ops 91027 PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR

JSC2007-E-43420 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, STS-124 mission specialist, awaits the start of a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 05-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFT SUBJECT: Photographic coverage of STS-129 Preflight Training. Suited payload egress training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

JSC2002-00876 (24 April 2002) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, STS-112 mission specialist, is briefed by United Space Alliance (USA) crew trainer Bob Behrendsen on the usage of the Sky-genie, used to lower oneself from a troubled shuttle. The briefing came during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Yurchikhin, who represents Rosaviakosmos, is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-014272 (27 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2002-E-01743 (16 January 2002) --- Astronaut Duane G. Carey, STS-109 pilot, photographed in a T-38 trainer jet, prepares for a flight at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2008-E-118361 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Mike Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2002-E-42185 (19 October 2002) --- Astronaut Piers J. Sellers, STS-112 mission specialist, addresses an Ellington Field crowd following the return to Houston by the STS-112 mission's six crewmembers.

JSC2001-E-22794 (25 July 2001) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-104 mission commander, addresses a crowd at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 for a crew return ceremony. Seated from the left are Michael L. Gernhardt, James F. Reilly, both mission specialist, and Roy S. Estess, JSC Acting Director, along with Janet L. Kavandi, mission specialist, and Charles O. Hobaugh, pilot.

PHOTO DATE: 05-28-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFT SUBJECT: Photographic coverage of STS-129 Preflight Training. Suited payload egress training. PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

JSC2008-E-118410 (26 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut Andrew Feustel, 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 Michael Good, mission specialist, assisted Feustel.

JSC2008-E-118362 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-41538 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Astronauts Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist; Sandra Magnus, Expedition 17 flight engineer; and Dan Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, use the virtual reality lab at Johnson Space Center to train for 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 the entire team for dealing with space station elements. A computer display is visible in the foreground.

JSC2006-E-33308 (7 Aug. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of his duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear a helmet and special gloves while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working. David J. Homan assisted Fuglesang.

JSC2005-E-17977 (4 May 2005) --- Astronauts Christopher J. Ferguson (left), STS-115 pilot, and Daniel C. Burbank, mission specialist, participate in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator at Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized international space station components over a simulated Earth.

JSC2007-E-21201 (1 May 2007) --- Astronaut Rex J. Walheim (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS-122 mission specialists, enjoy a light moment as they await the start of an emergency egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Walheim and Schlegel are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2005-E-18152 (6 May 2005) --- Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam (foreground) of NASA and Christer Fuglesang of the European Space Agency (ESA), both STS-116 mission specialists, use virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of their duties on the upcoming mission to the international space station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear a helmet and special gloves while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working.

PHOTO DATE: 01-27-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, FFT SUBJECT: STS-128 crew with Expedition crew member Cady Coleman during payload egress training PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR

JSC2009-E-286677 (21 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Stephen Robinson, 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.

JSC2007-E-41537 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock, STS-120 mission specialist, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of his duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear special gloves and other gear while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working.

JSC2002-E-25980 (21 June 2002) --- Astronaut Paul S. Lockhart, STS-111 pilot, speaks to a large crowd who showed up at Ellington Field's Hangar 990 to welcome home the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew members. In background is JSC Director Jefferson D. Howell, Jr., seated immediately to the right of the lectern. The four shuttle prime crew members returned to Earth earlier in the week after two weeks in space, but for the three station crew members, this was their first time in Houston since December of 2001, having spent well over six months in Earth orbit on board the International Space Station (ISS).

JSC2008-E-118364 (25 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Good (left), STS-125 mission specialist, and United Space Alliance suit technician Beau Webb discuss training activities in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Good is wearing a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

JSC2002-00799 (12 April 2002) --- Astronauts Jeffrey S. Ashby (left) and Pamela A. Melroy, STS-112 mission commander and pilot, respectively, wait for the start of a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). STS-112 will be the 15th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

JSC2002-E-27062 (1 July 2002) --- Astronaut Piers J. Sellers, STS-112 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). Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, mission specialist representing Rosaviakosmos, assisted Sellers.

JSC2002-00528 (19 February 2002) --- Astronaut Pamela A. Melroy, STS-112 pilot, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a mission training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2009-E-061365 (23 March 2009) --- Astronaut John ?Danny? Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, wearing the liquid cooling and ventilation garment that complements the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, prepares for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Astronaut Jose Hernandez, mission specialist, assisted Olivas.

jsc2020e000604 (Jan. 10, 2020) --- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addresses visitors attending the graduation of the 2017 Class of Astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This is the first class of astronauts to graduate under the Artemis program and are now eligible for assignments to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and ultimately, missions to Mars.

JSC2002-01527 (8 August 2002) --- Astronaut William A. Oefelein, STS-116 pilot, wearing a training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, waits for a training session to begin in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2001-E-23195 (26 July 2001) --- Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both Expedition Three flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos; along with astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander, are photographed during a joint shuttle-station pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2002-00520 (19 February 2002) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus, STS-112 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a mission training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2006-E-49051 (13 Nov. 2006) --- Astronauts William A. (Bill) Oefelein (right), STS-116 pilot, and Christer Fuglesang, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), go through a pre-flight check of the systems of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center prior to a flight to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

JSC2005-E-19222 (11 May 2005) --- Astronaut Brent W. Jett Jr., STS-115 commander, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-41532 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, uses the virtual reality lab at Johnson Space Center to train for her duties aboard the space shuttle and space station. This type of computer interface, paired with virtual reality training hardware and software, helps to prepare the entire team for dealing with space station elements.

JSC2002-E-23140 (28 May 2002) --- Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson and Soichi Noguchi (partially obscured), both STS-114 mission specialists, are submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Robinson and Noguchi are wearing the training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit. SCUBA-equipped divers are in the water to assist the astronauts in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). Noguchi represents Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA).

JSC2007-E-06549 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Astronauts Douglas H. Wheelock and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), both STS-120 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Wheelock and Parazynski are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

JSC2002-00721 (29 March 2002) --- Astronaut Philippe Perrin (left) and cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun, STS-111 mission specialist and Expedition Five mission commander, respectively, attired in training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit, await a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency, and Korzun represents Rosaviakosmos.

JSC2006-E-34241 (11 August 2006) --- The STS-115 crew posed for photos following its August 11 preflight press briefing at the Johnson Space Center. From the left are astronauts Joseph R. Tanner, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Brent W. Jett Jr., Christopher J. Ferguson, Steven G. MacLean (Canadian Space Agency) and Daniel C. Burbank.

Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean after Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 5, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

PHOTO DATE: 05-18-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW CCTII SUBJECT: STS-128 Preflight Training, Post Insertion Activities PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

jsc2020e000609 (Jan. 10, 2020) --- The 2017 Class of Astronauts participate in graduation ceremonies at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In the front row (from left) are, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Bob Hines and Warren Hoburg. In the back row (from left) are, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara and Frank Rubio, CSA astronaut Jennifer Sidey-Gibbon and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins. This is the first class of astronauts to graduate under the Artemis program and are now eligible for assignments to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and ultimately, missions to Mars.

JSC2002-E-26021 (21 June 2002) --- Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Director Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr. speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the STS-111 and Expedition Four crew return ceremonies. Seated (from left) are General Vasily Tsiblyiev, Deputy Director of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center; cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander; astronauts Carl E. Walz and Daniel W. Bursch, both Expedition Four flight engineers; NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe; astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-111 mission commander; Paul S. Lockhart, pilot; Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin, both mission specialists. Tsiblyiev and Onufrienko represent Rosaviakosmos, and Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency.