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

JSC2010-E-018927 (7 Feb. 2010) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center during the first launch attempt of the STS-130 mission. The launch was postponed until Feb. 8, due to weather conditions.

SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-128 crew member Danny Olivas during suited dry run. Test Directors: Cristina Anchondo and Laura Campbell. Photo Date: April 22, 2009. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2001-E-06216 (8 March 2001) --- In Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC), the silhouette of astronaut Steven A. Hawley of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate appears just to the right of the monitor displaying the Space Shuttle Discovery's pre-launch activities several hundred miles away in Florida.

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

Expedition 40 crew member Steve Swanson during his arrival at Ellington Field. Photo Date: September 11, 2014. Location: Ellington Field. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2005-E-17438 (28 April 2005) --- Astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper (foreground) and Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, both STS-115 mission specialists, participate in a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Attired in training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit, the two are seated on the middeck for an emergency egress training session.

Crew Commercial Office's PAO activities for Boeing's rollout of their CST-100 capsule - "First Look" Media Event. Photo Date: July 23, 2013. Location: Boeing - Houston Product Support Center. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2011-E-050013 (24 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, participates in an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Drew Billingsley assisted Ferguson. Photo credit: NASA

Expedition 42/43 (Soyuz 41S) crew member and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during ISS EVA Maintenance 9 (Maintenance 8) along with Astronaut Jeanette Epps. Photo Date: September 16, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

STS-128 crew during CCT BAILOUT with Expedition astronaut Nicole Stott.

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

Soyuz 41 crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov (RSA) and Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) during Routine Ops training with instructor Josh Matthew. Photo Date: October 24, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

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

JSC2005-E-13822 (4 April 2005) --- Astronaut Steven G. MacLean, STS-115 mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, dons a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit prior to the start of an emergency egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-228759 (29 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 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.

Expedition 42/43 (Soyuz 41S) crew member and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during ISS EVA Maintenance 9 (Maintenance 8) along with Astronaut Jeanette Epps. Photo Date: September 16, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

STS-129 crew members Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Robert Satcher prepare for 20A EVA Review dive at the NBL. Photo Date: March 26, 2009. Location - NBL Pool Topside and Control Room. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-046733 (5 April 2010) --- An overall view of 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. In the foreground are flight directors Tony Ceccacci (left) and Bryan Lunney.

JSC2007-E-27765 (6 June 2007) --- Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (right, partially obscured), Michael J. Massimino (third right, partially obscured) and Andrew J. Feustel (left foreground), STS-125 mission specialists, participate in a training session with a Hubble Space Telescope mockup in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-25123 (16 August 2001) --- Astronauts Joseph R. Tanner (left) and Steve MacLean, both STS-105 spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM), discuss the progress of the extravehicular activity at their consoles in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). At the time this photo was taken, mission specialists Daniel T. Barry and Patrick G. Forrester were performing the first of two scheduled space walks during Discovery’s voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). MacLean represents the Canadian Space Agency.

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

JSC2009-E-208005 (14 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 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.

JSC2006-E-44334 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Steven R. Swanson, mission specialist

STS-133 crew return ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 10, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 276. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

STS-133 crew return ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 10, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 276. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

JSC2001-E-12116 (19 April 2001) --- LeRoy Cain, at the Flight Director console, peruses information on large screens in front of the flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) as countdown for the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch of STS-100 continues several hundred miles away in Florida. Cain is both ascent and entry flight director for the flight.

Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during EVA training operations at the NBL. Photo Date: January 8, 2013. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

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]

JSC2005-E-31233 (28 July 2005) --- Astronaut Mark L. Polansky, STS-116 commander, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, simulates a parachute drop into water during an emergency bailout training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center.

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

JSC2010-E-018601 (3 Feb. 2010) --- European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured during a Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) mock-up training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-21328 (12 July 2001) --- Flight director LeRoy Cain directs his attention to data related to the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its impending launch from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) several hundred miles away from this Houston setting at the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC). As soon as the vehicle cleared the tower in Florida, the Houston-based team of flight controllers took over the ground control of the flight.

JSC2011-E-024075 (4 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 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. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson (right), STS-135 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28/29 flight engineer, assisted Magnus. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

STS-133 crew return ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: March 10, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 276. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

JSC2011-E-024064 (4 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, prepares for an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson (right), STS-135 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28/29 flight engineer, assisted Magnus. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Soyuz 41 crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov (RSA) and Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) during Routine Ops training with instructor Josh Matthew. Photo Date: October 24, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-026875 (26 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Good, STS-132 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.

JSC2009-E-228755 (29 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 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. Astronaut George Zamka, commander, assisted Patrick.

JSC2010-E-063799 (3 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-132 mission specialist, fields a question from a reporter during an STS-132 preflight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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

JSC2010-E-046802 (5 April 2010) --- An overall view of 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. Visible in the foreground (from the left) are flight directors Tony Ceccacci and Bryan Lunney; along with astronauts Rick Sturckow and George Zamka, both spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM).

JSC2006-E-44652 (16 Oct. 2006) --- Astronaut John D. (Danny) Olivas, STS-117 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is about to begin a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center.

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

JSC2001-E-08332 (22 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Pictured in the background on the dais is astronaut James M. Kelly, STS-102 pilot.

JSC2010-E-187198 (22 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, gets help donning a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Expedition 35 (Soyuz 33S) crew member Chris Hadfield preparing for a T-38 flight. Photo Date: May 14, 2012. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2011-E-006690 (27 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Steve Bowen (foreground) and Michael Barratt, both STS-133 mission specialists, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2007-E-13557 (28 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Barbara R. Morgan, mission specialist

JSC2002-E-44123 (31 October 2002) --- Astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper (left) and Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, both STS-115 mission specialists, participate in mission training in one of the high fidelity trainers/mockups in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The two, attired in training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, are seated on the middeck for an emergency egress training session.

JSC2001-01619 (4 June 2001) --- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist, representing Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA)

JSC2001-E-21337 (12 July 2001) --- Rob Navias (right), at the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) console in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC), awaits to do his commentary as he views the firing of Space Shuttle Atlantis' main engines on his monitor just seconds before launch and the beginning of the STS-104 mission. Daniel K. Carpenter, director of the Public Affairs Office, looks on.

JSC2001-E-11702 (9 April 2001) --- Astronaut James F. Reilly, STS-104 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) fit check in one of the chambers in the Crew Systems Laboratory at the 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.

JSC2009-E-208016 (14 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist, 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.

JSC2011-E-060704 (30 June 2011) --- Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon is pictured during a space shuttle and space station program overview press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

Expedition 28 JAXA Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum during FF RNDZ ADV 4 training. Training includes HTV rendezvous operation. Photo Date: September 15, 2010. Location: Building 30 - SIM City. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

JSC2006-E-46700 (26 Oct. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (right), Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, assisted by interpreter Irina Yashkova, speaks from the lectern in the ballroom of the Gilruth Center at Johnson Space Center during the welcome home ceremony for the Expedition 13 crewmembers.

JSC2005-E-31315 (28 July 2005) --- Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 14 backup flight engineer, floats in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Anderson is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

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

JSC2010-E-019604 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS-132 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.

JSC2009-E-145710 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 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.

Photograph Increment 35 Lead Flight Director and Flight Control Team during JOP Meeting. Photo Date: 17 April 2013. Location: Bldg. 30, Room 225A. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2009-E-208970 (17 Sept. 2009) --- United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro (right) briefs NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, 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. Anderson is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2009-E-207964 (14 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio (foreground), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, all STS-131 mission specialists, participate in a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, the three are seated on the middeck for a post insertion/de-orbit training session. United Space Alliance suit technician Raymond Cuevas assisted the crew members.

JSC2010-E-018597 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured during a Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) mock-up training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-25461 (16 August 2001) --- Astronaut Barbara R. Morgan, ISS spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), is photographed in the station flight control room (BFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC) during the STS-105 mission.

JSC2011-E-046980 (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

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.

JSC2002-E-36202 (27 August 2002) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six flight engineer, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in a Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Zebulon L. Scoville assisted Pettit.

PHOTO DATE: 21 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30south, WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Entry flight control team in WFCR during the landing of space shuttle Atlantis. PHOTOGRAPHER: Robert Markowitz

JSC2009-E-125130 (1 June 2009) --- Astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, dons a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-145701 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his 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.

JSC2009-E-228746 (29 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 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. Astronaut George Zamka, commander, assisted Patrick.

JSC2009-E-208940 (17 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialist, 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.

JSC2011-E-006704 (27 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, uses a High Definition Video (HDV) camera during 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2001-E-08322 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 mission commander, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Pictured in the background on the dais are (from the left) Roy S. Estess, Johnson Space Center's Acting Director; along with astronauts Paul W. Richards, Andrew S.W. Thomas and James M. Kelly of the STS-102 crew.

Photographic Support for SSATA Crew Training for Increment-41 (Terry Virts). Photo Date: June 24, 2014. Location: Building 7, SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-043930 (26 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Steve Lindsey, STS-133 commander, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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

Soyuz 40 (Expedition 41/42) Russian cosmonaut Yelena Serova during USOS Structure & Configuration with instuctor Josh Matthew. Photo Date: August 27, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2009-E-228740 (29 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas Patrick (left), STS-130 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. Astronaut George Zamka, commander, assisted Patrick.

JSC2011-E-024214 (1 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, prepares for a flight in a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2006-E-16170 (21 April 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang and astronaut Robert L. Curbeam (partially obscured), both STS-116 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang and Curbeam are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers during this training session.

JSC2001-E-12119 (19 April 2001) --- Steven A. Hawley of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate chats with Daniel K. Carpenter, Director of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Public Affairs Office, as the two await liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The two are at the rear of the flight control room of JSC's Mission Control Center.

JSC2003-E-42622 (June 2003) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie (partially visible in foreground), wearing an advanced concept space suit, participates in a test at the Johnson Space Center to evaluate hand-in-hand work with robots. The Robonaut pictured is one of two that were used in the demonstration's task -- the assembly of an aluminum truss structure.

Expedition 36 & 37 crew members during Emergency Scene - 6 Crew training in ISS Mockups. Photo Date: January 15, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2009-E-125127 (1 June 2009) --- Astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, 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.

View of students participating in the International Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) competition, organized by the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE), at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Photos taken for Johnson Space Center (JSC) Features and Web stories.

JSC2007-E-14579 (21 March 2007) --- Attired in a Mark III advanced space suit technology demonstrator, Brian Daniel participates in an extravehicular activity (EVA) systems engineering and integration (SE&I) test in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Data collected in the test will be used in development of the next generation of space suits that are being designed for use in the Constellation Program.

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

Expedition 42/43 (Soyuz 41S) crew member and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during ISS EVA Maintenance 9 (Maintenance 8) along with Astronaut Jeanette Epps. Photo Date: September 16, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2010-E-018511 (3 Feb. 2010) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, the STS-134 crew members await the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured (left to right) are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; Michael Fincke, Andrew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, all mission specialists.

JSC2010-E-043924 (26 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, 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 Joel Alvarado assisted Barratt.

JSC2005-E-18896 (12 May 2005) --- Astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA Space Station science officer; and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (obscured), Station flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, are submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at Johnson Space Center (JSC). McArthur and Tokarev are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit. 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.

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

Photograph Increment 35 Lead Flight Director and Flight Control Team during JOP Meeting. Photo Date: 17 April 2013. Location: Bldg. 30, Room 225A. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2011-E-054089 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus (mostly obscured), both STS-135 mission specialists, attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are raised from the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center as a spacewalk training session comes to a close. Divers were in the water to assist Magnus and Walheim in their rehearsal. Photo credit: NASA

Expedition 37 Crew News Conference (Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazansky, Michael Hopkins). Photo Date: July 17, 2013. Location: Building 2N - Press Conference Room. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Flight controllers and Flight Director Chris Edelen in the FCR-1 during NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba, flight engineer, and his two Russian crewmates, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, on board the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft docking to the space station's Rassvet module at 11:38 p.m. Photo Date: May 16, 2012. Location: Building 30 - FCR1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz