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.

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

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.

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.

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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-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-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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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

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.

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-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-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.

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-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.

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

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-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-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.

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.

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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-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).

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-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.

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

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.

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

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-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.

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-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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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-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.

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-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.

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

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

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.

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.

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-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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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-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.

JSC2001-E-06420 (27 February 2001) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, mission commander, occupies commander’s station during mission training in one of the high fidelity trainers/mockups in the Systems Integration Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC). The STS-104 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) represents the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first flight using a new engine and is targeted for a liftoff no earlier than June 14, 2001.

JSC2011-E-029049 (21 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim (foreground), STS-135 mission specialist, participates in an extravehicular activity (EVA) hardware training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. EVA instructor Art Thomason assisted Walheim. 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-054048 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, attired in a training version of her 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. Photo credit: NASA

ISS014-S-002A (30 March 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (center), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (right), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, take a break from training at Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait.

JSC2004-E-00591 (10 Dec. 2003) --- Astronaut Charles J. Camarda, mission specialist.

Expedition 40 crew member Steve Swanson with instructor Michaela Benda during crew training. Photo Date: January 8, 2014. Location: Building 5, SSTF. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2011-E-046901 (19 May 2011) --- Flight director Gary Horlacher and astronaut Megan McArthur, STS-134 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), are pictured at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day four activities. Photo credit: NASA

ESA astronaut and first astronaut from the United Kingdom, Timothy Peake, with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (unassigned) during EVA Skills training in the NBL. Photo Date: November 27, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-043677 (25 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, uses the virtual reality lab in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center to train for some of his duties aboard the space shuttle and space station. This type of computer interface, paired with virtual reality training hardware and software, helps to prepare crew members for dealing with space station elements.

ESA astronaut and first astronaut from the United Kingdom, Timothy Peake, with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (unassigned) during EVA Skills training in the NBL. Photo Date: November 27, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2002-E-44140 (24 June 2002) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

Expedition 26 crew members Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli during ISS EVA PRF 41027 training in the NBL. Photo Date: September 21, 2010. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

JSC2011-E-029062 (21 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, participates in a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Crew instructors assisted Magnus. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

STS-119 crew training during NBL EVA3 training.

Photographic documentation of the STS-109 Crew Return Ceremony. The events take place at Hangar 990 at Ellington Field. Views include: Overall view of crewmembers [09319]; View of crewmembers standing on stage talking to group [09320]; Unidentified crewmember waving to crowd [09321]; Unidentified crewmember autographing photo [09322]; Mission Specialist Michael J. Massimino holding crew photo as he talks to child in group [09323]; Pilot Duane G. Carey signing a crew photo for a visitor [09324]; Unidentified crewmember signing a photo for visitor [09325]; Commander Scott D. Altman talking to child in group [09326]; Unidentified crewmember giving a photo to visitor [09327]; Crewmembers exiting plane [09328]; Duane G. Carey shaking hands with visitor. Astronaut Scott Altman smiling in the background [09329); Astronaut Jim Newman kissing his child [09330]; Jim Newman holding his daughter as his son grabs at his pant leg [09331]; Close-up view of Payload Commander John Grunsfeld holding his daughter [09332]; Duane G. Carey standing with family members [09333]; Close-up view of Duane G. Carey placing his hand on a child's head as he is talking to him [09334]; Overall view of spectator watching ceremony [09335]; Close-up view of speaker during ceremony [09336]; Close-up view of Scott Altman speaking to crowd [09337]; Close-up view of a young spectator at ceremony [09338]; Close-up view of Duane G. Carey speaking to the crowd [09339]; Close-up view of Mission Specialist Nancy J. Currie speaking to the crowd [09340]; Close-up view of John M. Grunsfield speaking to the crowd [09341]; Close-up view of Mission Specialist Richard M. Linnehan speaking to the crowd [09342]; Close-up view of James H. Newman speaking to the crowd [09343]; Close-up view of Michael J. Massimino speaking to the crowd [09344]

Photo Date: 2021-12-06 NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here 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. Location: Ellington Hangar 135 Photographer: James Blair

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

JSC2009-E-208975 (17 Sept. 2009) --- United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro briefs Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, in preparation for a water survival training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Yamazaki is wearing a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit.

European Astronaut Tim Peake of ESA during ISS EVA MAINT 3 NBL Training with Astronaut Tim Kopra and instructor Sandy Moore. Photo Date: September 10, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2001-E-05534 (28 February 2001) --- The STS-102 crew fields questions from various news media representatives at a press briefing at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the right are astronauts James M. Kelly, pilot; and Andrew S.W. Thomas and Paul W. Richards, both mission specialists; cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, and astronauts James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms, all mission specialists. Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 commander, is out of frame at right. Expedition Two commander Usachev, representing Rosaviakosmos, will join Voss and Helms in the first crew exchange aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS) at some point following the docking of the outpost and the Space Shuttle Discovery.

JSC2002-E-09321 (13 March 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-109 mission specialist, greets the assembled crowd in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies.

JSC2006-E-44663 (16 Oct. 2006) --- Astronauts John D. (Danny) Olivas and James F. Reilly II, both STS-117 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Olivas and Reilly are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.