JSC2008-E-044936 (3 June 2008) --- Astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper and Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough, both STS-126 mission specialists, prepare for a Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) mockup (out of frame) training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2009-E-054052 (4 March 2009) --- Astronaut Scott Altman, STS-125 commander, flies a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) over White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico, during a training session. Photo Credit: Richard N. Clark, AOD division chief

JSC2008-E-044878 (3 June 2008) --- Astronauts Donald R. Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, and Nicole P. Stott, Expedition 19 flight engineer, participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-054255 (14 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Ronald J. Garan Jr., mission specialist

JSC2008-E-014959 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Leland Melvin, STS-122 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-122 crew return ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 21 in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-097869 (26 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, mission specialist

JSC2007-E-053901 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Lee J. Archambault, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008421 (29 Jan. 2008) --- The STS-125 crewmembers participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are astronauts John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist; Scott D. Altman, commander; Andrew J. Feustel and Michael J. Massimino, both mission specialists.

JSC2008-E-008440 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut K. Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008417 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael T. Good (left), STS-125 mission specialist, participates in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) instructor David L. Williams (center) assisted Good.

JSC2008-E-014907 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (right) greets astronauts Rex Walheim (left) and Leland Melvin, STS-122 mission specialists, at Ellington Field near JSC prior to the STS-122 crew return ceremonies.

JSC2008-E-040994 (21 May 2008) --- Expedition 18 crewmembers participate in a space station emergency scenarios training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured are NASA astronauts Edward M. (Mike) Fincke (foreground), commander; Sandra H. Magnus, Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri V. Lonchakov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (partially obscured), all flight engineers.

JSC2008-E-039240 (12 May 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, gets help donning a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-118847 (22 April 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist

JSC2008-E-001888 (13 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission specialist representing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

JSC2008-E-008443 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Andrew J. Feustel, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technicians Nicole Everett and Steve Cortinas assisted Feustel.

JSC2008-E-008442 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008449 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technicians assisted Massimino.

JSC2008-E-008441 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, and United Space Alliance (USA) suit technicians Daniel Palmer (right) and Mike Thompson enjoy a light moment as they prepare for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-007759 (28 Jan. 2008) --- STS-125 crewmembers participate in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized Hubble Space Telescope components over a simulated Earth. Pictured are astronauts Andrew J. Feustel (foreground), Michael T. Good, both mission specialists; and Scott D. Altman, commander.

JSC2007-E-053899 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Flight director Norm Knight watches the big screens in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-010344 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Flight directors Norm Knight (left), Bryan Lunney and Richard Jones monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-122 launch. Liftoff occurred at 2:45 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 7, 2008 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-039696 (7 April 2008) --- NASA astronaut Stephen G. Bowen, mission specialist. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2007-E-053913 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Astronauts Lee J. Archambault (right) and Charles O. Hobaugh, spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM), monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2009-E-208982 (30 July 2009) --- Astronaut Terry W. Virts Jr., pilot (alternate portrait)

JSC2007-E-053912 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Overall view of the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-120 mission. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

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JSC2008-E-005286 (2008) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist

JSC2009-E-118848 (22 April 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist

JSC2008-E-044987 (3 June 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, dons a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) mockup (out of frame) training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-157219 (30 July 2009) --- Astronaut Terry W. Virts Jr., pilot

JSC2008-E-008451 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, STS-125 pilot, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technician Toni Cost-Davis assisted Johnson.

JSC2009-E-120479 (18 May 2009) --- Members of the STS-125 Hubble Space Telescope Planning and Orbit flight control team pose for a group portrait in the blue flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-010333 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Public Affairs Office commentator Rob Navias watches the large screens in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-122 launch. Liftoff occurred at 2:45 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 7, 2008 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-052124 (16 July 2008) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, the STS-119 crewmembers await the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. From the left are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer; NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot; Lee Archambault, commander; John Phillips, Joseph Acaba, Richard Arnold and Steve Swanson, all mission specialists.

JSC2008-E-008444 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Andrew J. Feustel, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technicians Nicole Everett and Steve Cortinas assisted Feustel.

JSC2008-E-039695 (3 April 2008) --- NASA astronaut Eric A. Boe, pilot.

JSC2008-E-014908 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (right) greets astronauts Rex Walheim (left) and Leland Melvin, STS-122 mission specialists, at Ellington Field near JSC prior to the STS-122 crew return ceremonies. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, mission specialist, is visible in the background.

JSC2008-E-039255 (12 May 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, and NASA astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke (partially obscured), commander, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Wakata and Fincke are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers 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.

JSC2008-E-009419 (31 Jan. 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (right), STS-124 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technician Carlos Ramos assisted Hoshide. Astronaut Michael E. Fossum, mission specialist, is also visible.

JSC2008-E-039231 (12 May 2008) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, gets help donning a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-014921 (21 Feb. 2008) --- The crewmembers of the STS-122 mission were welcomed home to Houston Feb. 21, following the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis in Florida on Feb. 20. Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (far right) introduced the crew to the crowd on hand at Ellington Field. From the right are NASA astronauts Steve Frick, commander; Alan Poindexter, pilot; Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, NASA astronauts Stanley Love and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists, were welcomed by family and friends during the ceremony.

JSC2007-E-093431 (13 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Kenneth T. Ham, commander

JSC2008-E-039235 (12 May 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, gives a "thumbs-up" signal as he awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Wakata is attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

JSC2008-E-008429 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, STS-125 pilot, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008415 (29 Jan. 2008) --- The STS-125 crewmembers participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the right are Michael T. Good, K. Megan McArthur, both mission specialists; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; Michael J. Massimino, mission specialist; Scott D. Altman, commander; John M. Grunsfeld and Andrew J. Feustel, both mission specialists. United Space Alliance (USA) crew trainer Robert H. (Rob) Tomaro (center, back to camera) briefed the crew.

JSC2008-E-014966 (21 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Steve Frick, STS-122 commander, is pictured at the STS-122 crew return ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 21 in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-039238 (12 May 2008) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, gets help donning a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-009414 (31 Jan. 2008) --- The STS-124 crewmembers take a moment to pose for a portrait during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Astronauts Mark E. Kelly (center right) and Kenneth T. Ham, commander and pilot, respectively, hold the STS-124 mission logo. Also pictured (from the left) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Ronald J. Garan, Karen L. Nyberg and Michael E. Fossum, all mission specialists.

JSC2007-E-053916 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Flight directors Norm Knight (left) and Richard Jones monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008416 (29 Jan. 2008) --- United Space Alliance (USA) instructor David L. Williams (center) briefs STS-125 crewmembers during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Crewmembers pictured are K. Megan McArthur (left), Michael T. Good, John M. Grunsfeld (second right), all mission specialists; and Gregory C. Johnson (right), pilot.

JSC2008-E-009434 (31 Jan. 2008) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Ronald J. Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008461 (29 Jan. 2008) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Altman is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2009-E-258394 (16 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., pilot

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JSC2009-E-018972 (17 Dec. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Timothy L. Kopra, mission specialist

JSC2008-E-005285 (22 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, mission specialist.

JSC2008-E-008454 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, STS-125 pilot, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technician Toni Cost-Davis assisted Johnson.

JSC2008-E-050230 (8 July 2008) --- Astronaut Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in 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.

JSC2007-E-108498 (30 Nov. 2007) --- Justin Dithmer, MMACS flight controller, poses for a portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC).

JSC2008-E-039248 (12 May 2008) --- Attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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JSC2007-E-097870 (26 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, mission specialist

JSC2007-E-053902 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Robert L. Curbeam Jr., Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations, photographed in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2009-E-150621 (13 May 2009) --- Astronaut Lee J. Archambault, commander

JSC2007-E-053905 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Lee J. Archambault, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

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JSC2008-E-008414 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronauts Scott D. Altman (center), STS-125 commander; John M. Grunsfeld (left) and Michael J. Massimino, both mission specialists, participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008460 (29 Jan. 2008) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Altman is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2007-E-095034 (31 Oct. 2007) --- The members of the STS-120 Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Rick LaBrode (left) and astronaut Chris Ferguson, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), hold the STS-120 mission logo.

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Photo taken during the STS-118 Crew Debriefing and Awards Presentation in Space Center Houston, Grumman Theatre. View is taken from behind audience of the large screen at the front of the theatre during the presentation.

JSC2008-E-007758 (28 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael T. Good and K. Megan McArthur, both STS-125 mission specialists, participate in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized Hubble Space Telescope components over a simulated Earth.

JSC2008-E-008458 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

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JSC2008-E-008424 (29 Jan. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technician Carlos E. Ramos assisted Massimino.

JSC2007-E-053898 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Terry W. Virts Jr., spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-014951 (21 Feb. 2008) --- The crewmembers of the STS-122 mission were welcomed home to Houston Feb. 21, following the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis in Florida on Feb. 20. Johnson Space Center's (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (far right) introduced the crew to the crowd on hand at Ellington Field. From the right are NASA astronauts Steve Frick, commander; Alan Poindexter, pilot; Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, NASA astronauts Stanley Love and Daniel Tani (out of frame), all mission specialists, were welcomed by family and friends during the ceremony.

JSC2009-E-145694 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 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.

Expedition 29 crew member Dan Burbank during SSATA Crew Training. Photo Date: May 18, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

Expedition 29/30 crew training with astronaut Dan Burbank working with Robonaut (overview, skills, taskboard). Photo Date: June 17, 2011. Location: Building 32A, Room 2009. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2001-E-08329 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut Andrew S.W. Thomas, STS-102 mission specialist, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field. In the background are Joseph Rothenberg (left), NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight, and Roy S. Estess, Acting Director of the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2010-E-193961 (2 Dec. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot; and Sandy Magnus, mission specialist, participate in a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Crew Commercial Office's PAO activities for Boeing's rollout of their CST-100 capsule - "First Look" Media Event. Photo Date: July 22, 2013. Location: Boeing - Houston Product Support Center. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-193900 (1 Dec. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel (right), STS-134 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. NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (left), mission specialist, looks on. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Crew Commercial Office's PAO activities for Boeing's rollout of their CST-100 capsule - "First Look" Media Event. Photo Date: July 22, 2013. Location: Boeing - Houston Product Support Center. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-187233 (22 Nov. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, is submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist Walheim in his rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare him for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2011-E-046605 (21 May 2011) --- His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, speaks to a group of guests in the viewing room of the Mission Control Center at NASA?s Johnson Space Center following a special call from Pope Benedict XVI to the STS-134 and Expedition 27 crews on the International Space Station. The event was conducted from The Vatican at 6:11 a.m. (CDT) on May 21, 2011, and aired live on NASA television. Photo credit: NASA

Expedition 43 Commander (Soyuz 41) astronaut Terry Virts during his T-38 Ops flight at Ellington Field. Photo Date: October 22, 2013. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 276. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 39 flight controllers on console during SpaceX cargo rendezvous and grappling. Flight Director: Matt Abbott. Capcoms: Jack Fischer and Randy Bresnik. Photo Date: April 20, 2014. Location: Building 30 - FCR-1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-025679 (23 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technician Raymond Cuevas assisted Kelly.

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. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2009-E-125126 (1 June 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2003-E-01127 (10 January 2003) --- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, STS-114 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Noguchi represents the Japanese Space Agency.

Expedition 47 ESA crewmember Tim Peake aiding fellow astronauts Expedition 48 crew member (Soyuz 46) Jeff Williams and CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques during ISS EVA P/P training in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility (SVMTF) ISS Airlock mockup with instructor Megan Murphey. Photo Date: September 23, 2014. Location: Building 9NW, ISS Airlock. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 44/45 crew training with NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and JAXA Astronaut Kimiya Yui during INC 44 ISS EVA Maintenance 2 with IV Scott Kelly. Photo Date: December 6, 2013. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-046795 (5 April 2010) --- John McCullough (right), chief of the Flight Director Office; Janet Kavandi, deputy director, Flight Crew Operations; and flight director Bryan Lunney are pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 launch.

JSC2011-E-054080 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley (foreground), STS-135 pilot, participates in a training session in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

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. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-018576 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technician Andre Denard assisted Kelly.