JSC2008-E-005281 (5 Dec. 2007) --- Astronaut Michael T. Good, mission specialist

JSC2007-E-47688 (28 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Hans Schlegel, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA)

JSC2007-E-47687 (28 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Hans Schlegel, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA)

View of Christmas Lights on Memorial Tree Grove at dusk at entrance to JSC.

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JSC2008-E-004100 (11 Jan. 2008) --- John Byard, Wyle Research and Test Operations Safety Officer, runs on the Standalone Zero Gravity Locomotion Simulator (sZLS) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, Texas. James Brent Crowell, right, Wyle exercise physiologist, serves as the operator of the device.

Documentation of NASA's partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Montana's Great Plains Dinosaur Museum to provide an insulated facility at Ellington Field in which the Leonardo Project Team was able to X-ray Leonardo, a 77 million year old dinosaur fossil. View of the Brachylophosaurus fossil called Leonardo.

JSC2007-E-47700 (27 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephen N. Frick, STS-122 commander, prepares for a flight in a NASA T-38 trainer jet from Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.

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JSC2007-E-47686 (28 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Hans Schlegel, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA)

PHOTO DATE: 01-29-10 LOCATION: BLDG 2 PRESS ROOM SUBJECT: STS-130 Press Conference WORK ORDER: 0274-STS130PC-01-29-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753

PHOTO DATE: 03-28-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - FCR-1 (30M/231) SUBJECT: Expedition 30 flight control team during docking of ESA's ATV vehicle to ISS. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 09-12-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 Routine Ops training with crew members Yurchikhin, Nyberg & Parmitano. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2008-E-141528 (6 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Mike Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, gets help with final touches in the donning of a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Astronaut John Grunsfeld, mission specialist, assisted Massimino.

JSC2010-E-015334 (27 Jan. 2010) --- STS-132 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 are NASA astronaut Ken Ham (right), commander; along with astronauts Garrett Reisman (background), Michael Good (left background) and Steve Bowen, all mission specialists.

JSC2009-E-207857 (12 Sept. 2009) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-128 crew return ceremony on Sept. 12, 2009 at Ellington Field near JSC. Also pictured (from the second left) are NASA astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Kevin Ford, pilot; Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez, John ?Danny? Olivas and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, all mission specialists.

PHOTO DATE: 07-25-12 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 34 crew training during NBL operations. Photograph Kevin Ford and Chris Hadfield interacting, suiting up, being lowered into the water. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2003-00554 (18 Sept. 2003) --- Astronaut Paul S. Lockhart

JSC2010-E-017719 (29 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, prepares for an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technician Toni Cost-Davis assisted Dutton.

JSC2002-E-37422 (6 September 2002) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, is photographed as the final touches are made on the training version of her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr., mission commander, assisted Stefanyshyn-Piper.

JSC2001-03044 (28 November 2001) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, mission specialist.

JSC2010-E-170878 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2009-E-118872 (11 May 2009) --- Kyle Herring, Public Affairs Office (PAO) commentator, monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis? scheduled STS-125 launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-017732 (29 Jan. 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (left) and NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, both STS-131 mission specialists, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, await the start of an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-04806 (21 February 2001) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander, speaks to a crowd at the welcome home ceremony for the five STS-98 astronauts.

PHOTO DATE: 09-12-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - SSTF High Bay SUBJECT: Expedition 34/35 (Soyuz 33) crew during the SSTF Cake Ceremony PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2010-E-051955 (12 April 2010) --- European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori (foreground), STS-134 mission specialist; along with NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (right background) and Gregory H. Johnson, commander and pilot, respectively, don training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits in preparation for a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technicians assisted the crew members.

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2010-E-051959 (12 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance suit technicians Toni Cost-Davis and Jim Cheatham assisted Feustel.

JSC2010-E-015332 (27 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Ken Ham (foreground), STS-132 commander; and Michael Good, mission specialist, work with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-146829 (21 July 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, gets help with the donning of 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.

PHOTO DATE: 08-15-12 LOCATION:NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 38/39 crew members Koichi Wakata and Mike Hopkins getting suited up and prepped for ISS EVA Maintenance training at the NBL. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2009-E-226239 (28 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Tracy Caldwell, Expedition 23/24 flight engineer, attired in a training version of her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participates in a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers are in the water to assist Caldwell in her rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare her for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

JSC2007-E-48354 (25 July 2007) --- Astronaut Stanley G. Love, mission specialist

PHOTO DATE: 01-28-09 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Koichi Wakata during EVA Review installing JEM-EF at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753

PHOTO DATE: 03-19-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 34/35 crew training PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2009-E-122209 (26 May 2009) --- Astronaut Mike Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-125 crew return ceremony on May 26, 2009 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-226213 (28 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Tracy Caldwell, Expedition 23/24 flight engineer, gets help in the donning of a training version of her 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.

PHOTO DATE: 10-09-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 37 (Soyuz 35) crew members Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano during ISS EVA P/P training in the ISS airlock with instructor Regan Cheney. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2011-E-016868 (11 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, occupies the commander's station during a simulation exercise in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator in the Jake Garn Mission and Simulation Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-170871 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-133 mission specialist, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's 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. Crew trainer David Homan assisted Kopra. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2009-E-214810 (29 Sept. 2009) --- Astronauts Mike Good (foreground), Steve Bowen (left and Garrett Reisman, all STS-132 mission specialists, 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.

PHOTO DATE: 03-19-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 34/35 crew training PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 06-29-10 LOCATION: BLDG 16 - SES DOME SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa during FF RNDZ ADV1 training in the ISS cupola trainer in the SES dome. Since DOME/SESC has new training equipment to train robotics operation WORK ORDER: 01943-BS-JAXASES-06-29-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2009-E-053504 (6 March 2009) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (foreground) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (left), both Expedition 22/23 flight engineers; along with cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center background), Expedition 22 flight engineer and Expedition 23 commander, participate in an emergency procedure training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-089709 (27 May 2010) --- At Ellington Field's Hangar 276, NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli (right foreground), STS-132 pilot, signs autographs for a number of well-wishers at the crew return ceremony for space shuttle Atlantis' final scheduled mission. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PHOTO DATE: 03-19-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 34/35 crew training PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2010-E-024381 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock (left), Expedition 24 flight engineer and Expedition 25 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 24/25 flight engineer, 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.

JSC2010-E-023632 (4 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Michael Barratt (left) and Nicole Stott, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in training session in a shuttle mock-up in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance instructor James Gaustad assisted Barratt and Stott.

JSC2009-E-146840 (21 July 2009) --- While seated at the pilot?s station, astronaut Terry Virts Jr., STS-130 pilot, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Virts is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

PHOTO DATE: 05-13-09 LOCATION: NBL POOLSIDE SUBJECT:Soichi Noguchi preparations for Maintenance EVA task at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753

JSC2001-01611 (1 June 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, prepares to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Suit technician Joey Cambiaso assists Forrester with the training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit.

JSC2009-E-118818 (11 May 2009) --- Flight directors Bryan Lunney (seated at right), Norm Knight (left foreground) and Tony Ceccacci (standing, far right); along with Brent Jett (left background), director, flight crew operations; and John McCullough (seated, background), chief of the flight director office, are pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis? scheduled STS-125 launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-183524 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim (left), STS-135 mission specialist; and Doug Hurley, pilot, participate in an EVA Thermal Protection System (TPS) overview training session in the TPS/ Precision Air Bearing Facility in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2009-E-118883 (11 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis? scheduled STS-125 launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 08-15-12 LOCATION:NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 38/39 crew members Koichi Wakata and Mike Hopkins getting suited up and prepped for ISS EVA Maintenance training at the NBL. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2011-E-026947 (11 March 2011) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (foreground) and Andrew Feustel, both STS-134 mission specialists, participate in an ingress/egress training session in a shuttle mock-up in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

View of individuals in audience watching the International Space Station (ISS) on large screen.

JSC2009-E-053502 (6 March 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22/23 flight engineer, participates in an emergency procedure training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-017748 (29 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, STS-131 mission specialist, attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, poses for a photo prior to the start of an ingress/egress training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-141519 (6 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Astronaut Andrew Feustel, mission specialist, assisted Good.

JSC2011-E-026902 (11 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-089710 (27 May 2010) --- At Ellington Field's Hangar 276, NASA astronaut Piers Sellers (right foreground), STS-132 mission specialist, signs autographs for a number of well-wishers at the crew return ceremony for space shuttle Atlantis' final scheduled mission. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2001-E-10911 (13 April 2001) --- Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialist, photographed in the training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) 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.

JSC2010-E-183216 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley (right), pilot; and Rex Walheim, mission specialist, participate in a tools and repair kits training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-121052 (27 Aug. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Michael Fincke (foreground) and Greg Chamitoff, both STS-134 mission specialists, use virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's 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 credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2009-E-146846 (21 July 2009) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024375 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly (seated, left), Expedition 25 flight engineer and Expedition 26 commander; Steve Lindsey (seated, second right), STS-133 commander; and Doug Wheelock (right), Expedition 24 flight engineer and Expedition 25 commander, participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024382 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock (left), Expedition 24 flight engineer and Expedition 25 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 24/25 flight engineer; and Alexander Kaleri (background), Expedition 25/26 flight engineer, 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.

JSC2010-E-183239 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, participates in a tools and repair kits training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PHOTO DATE: 07-25-12 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 34 crew training during NBL operations. Photograph Kevin Ford and Chris Hadfield interacting, suiting up, being lowered into the water. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 17 JANUARY 2012 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 31/32/33 Emergency Scenarios training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Bill Stafford

PHOTO DATE: 05-04-10 LOCATION:NBL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: Satoshi Furukawa and Aki Hoshide during their EVA Skills for training at the NBL WORK ORDER:1327-NBLJAXA-05-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2009-E-087203 (23 April 2009) --- Astronauts Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld (second left), Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel, all STS-125 mission specialists, are pictured during a STS-125 preflight press briefing at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 09-17-10 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: JAXA astronaut and Expedition 28 crew member Satoshi Furukawa during P HRF Integ Cardio Integration Ops training WORK ORDER: 02810-BS__HRFSATOSHI_09-17-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2009-E-286951 (22 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, participates in an ingress/egress timeline training session in a shuttle mock-up in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 03-19-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 34/35 crew training PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 03-19-12 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 34/35 crew training PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2001-01549 (24 May 2001) --- Suited in training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit, astronauts Duane G. Carey (left), STS-109 pilot, and John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist, await the start of 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.

JSC2011-E-023121 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist; and Doug Hurley (background), pilot, 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

PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2010-E-090702 (8 June 2010) --- NASA astronauts Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized International Space Station components over a simulated Earth.

JSC2010-E-024372 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey (left), STS-133 commander; and Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer and Expedition 25 commander, participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Brian T. Smith is at right.

JSC2010-E-170897 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-133 mission specialist, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-017952 (2 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, participates 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.

JSC2009-E-122208 (26 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-125 crew return ceremony on May 26, 2009 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2001-E-04805 (21 February 2001) --- JSC director George W.S. Abbey talks with the STS-98 crew members following the arrival of the Gulfstream Aircraft which transported the astronauts from their landing at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) in Edwards, California. Pictured along side Mr. Abbey is astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander. Behind him (from the left distant background) are astronauts Robert L. Curbeam and Thomas D. Jones (both mission specialists) and Mark L. Polansky, pilot. Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist, is out of the frame.

JSC2001-E-24994 (10 August 2001) --- Flight director John Shannon finds a moment of levity while working at his console in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Several hundred miles away in Florida, the STS-105 and Expedition Three crew members were awaiting countdown in the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). 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.

JSC2010-E-183219 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (center), STS-135 commander; Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists, participate in a tools and repair kits training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PHOTO DATE: 04-09-09 LOCATION: NBL POOL TOPSIDE SUBJECT: STS-128 crew members Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott during STS-128 17A EVA 1 training PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD X34753

JSC2011-E-023113 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for 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. Suit technician Drew Billingsley assisted Ferguson. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2002-E-34629 (21 August 2002) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus, STS-112 mission specialist, uses the virtual reality lab at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to train for her duties aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This type of computer interface paired with virtual reality training hardware and software helps to prepare the entire team for dealing with ISS elements.

JSC2010-E-024380 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-133 mission specialist, participates 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.

JSC2011-E-016872 (11 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (left), STS-134 commander, and Gregory H. Johnson, pilot, occupy their respective stations on the forward flight deck during a simulation exercise in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PHOTO DATE: 02-03-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members Ron Garan and Mike Fossum during NBL EVA training WORK ORDER: 00281-BS__EXPNBL_02-03-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 17 JANUARY 2012 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Expedition 31/32/33 Emergency Scenarios training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Bill Stafford

JSC2010-E-121055 (27 Aug. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Michael Fincke (right) and Greg Chamitoff, both STS-134 mission specialists, use virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's 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 credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration