Dr. Daniel Carter, president of New Century Pharmaceuticals in Huntsville, Al, is one of three principal investigators in NASA's microgravity protein crystal growth program. Dr. Carter's experties is in albumins. Albumins are proteins in the bloodstream that transport materials, drugs, nutrients, and wastes. Photo credit: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

S84-40463 (24 Aug 1984) --- Astronaut Manley L. "Sonny" Carter, Jr., 1984 ASCAN.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - (From left) Brian Duffy, Lockheed Martin vice president/associate program manager, Mildred Carter and Col. (Ret.) Herbert E. Carter, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, attend a dinner sponsored by the KSC Spaceflight and Life Sciences Office. Col. Carter was a guest speaker at the dinner.

Space Shuttle Projects

On November 22, 1989, at 7:23:30pm (EST), 5 astronauts were launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery for the 5th Department of Defense mission, STS-33. Photographed from left to right are Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialist 3; Manley L. (Sonny) Carter, mission specialist 2; Frederick D. Gregory, commander; John E. Blaha, pilot; and F. Story Musgrave, mission specialist 1.

STS033-17-005A (27 Nov 1989) --- Astronaut Manley L. Carter, Jr., STS-33 mission specialist, smiling, sips drink from a beverage container using a straw on Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, middeck. Around Carter's neck are a necklace and tape recorder headphones (headset). A net stowage bag free floats next to Carter's head.

STS-33 MS Carter sips drink from a beverage container on OV-103's middeck

STS-33 MS Carter on KSC LC Pad 39B 195 ft level with OV-103 in background

S90-27594 (November 1989) --- Manley L. "Sonny" Carter Jr., STS-33 mission specialist, wearing a Launch and Entry Suit (LES), poses in front of the space shuttle Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex Pad 39B, at the 195 feet level elevator entrance at Pad 39B. Visible in the background is the catwalk to OV-103's side hatch and the Atlantic Ocean. Note: Carter died April 5, 1991 at age 43, in a civil aviation accident.

STS033-93-011 (27 Nov 1989) --- Astronaut Manley L. Carter, Jr., STS-33 mission specialist, operates translation hand control (THC) at the aft flight deck on orbit station while peering out overhead window W7. Carter's communications kit assembly headset microphone extends across his face.

STS-33 MS Carter operates translation hand control (THC) on aft flight deck

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. (left) welcomes former President Jimmy Carter to Kennedy Space Center. Behind Carter, at right, is Rosalyn Carter, his wife. The Carters are touring KSC

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former President Jimmy Carter shakes the hand of astronaut Joseph Tanner. Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter are touring KSC

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Col. (Ret.) Herbert E. Carter, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, speaks to guests at a dinner sponsored by the KSC Spaceflight and Life Sciences Office.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, former President Jimmy Carter (center) pauses for a photo with astronauts Scott Kelly (left) and Joseph Tanner (right). Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter are touring KSC

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, former President Jimmy Carter (center) and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter listen to an explanation of the modules in the SSPF. With them are Center Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. (right of Jimmy Carter) and Director of Payload Processing, International Space Station, Tip Talone (left of Rosalyn Carter). The former president and guests are touring KSC

JSC2002-E-27068 (1 July 2002) --- Astronaut Pamela A. Melroy, STS-112 pilot, observes training activities of her crewmates from the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). United Space Alliance (USA) EVA training team member Oscar Koehler is visible in the background.

Photographic coverage of STS-112 Preflight Training, Sonny Carter Training Facility, NBL.

Return to "Giant's Footprint" 3 Decades After Mariner 7 Flyby

As we head into the 21st Century, it seems hard to believe that human beings have been sending spacecraft toward Mars for more than 3 decades already. The first spacecraft to reach Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965. This success was followed by two spacecraft in 1969, Mariners 6 and 7. Now the wonders and alien beauty of Mars continue to unfold with each day that the Mars Global Surveyor -- which arrived in September 1997 -- continues to radio its data to Earth. Mars exploration was always difficult and each bit of data returned from the planet is a marvel. On August 5, 1969, the Mariner 7 spacecraft flew past Mars at a minimum altitude of about 4200 km. It acquired 14 wide/narrow angle image pairs during the few minutes of the "near encounter" flyby. One of these image pairs, 7N19/7N20, shows the south polar region and contains a feature that at the time was nicknamed "the Giant's Footprint." Shown in the first two pictures, above, the feature consists of two adjoining craters, one about 80 km (50 mi) in diameter and the other about 50 km (31 mi) across near latitude 76°S, longitude 276°W. The oblique geometry of the Mariner 7 image enhances the impression of a footprint. The "Giant's Footprint" was almost missed when Mariner 7 suffered a near-catastrophic battery failure just a few days before the encounter -- on July 30 -- that put the spacecraft sporadically out of contact with Earth for two days. Ground controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)recovered the spacecraft, re-planned its imaging sequence based on results from the Mariner 6 flyby on July 31, and salvaged all of the mission's science goals in under a week! In the 1970's, the larger crater in "giant's footprint" was named "Vishniac" in honor of Wolf Vishniac, an American microbiologist of the University of Rochester who was instrumental in the development of methods to search for life on Mars. Vishniac was tragically killed in a fall in Antarctica in 1973 while retrieving a life detection experiment, and the crater was named in honor of this "giant" in the search for life on Mars. More than three decades after the Mariner 7 flyby, Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) acquired a commemorative view of the interior of Vishniac Crater on October 25, 1999. The context image and the 3-meters (9.8 feet)-per-pixel narrow angle view are shown above (in the lower image pair). Mariner 7's 7N20 has a nominal resolution of about 180 meters (591 feet) per pixel, while the MOC high resolution view is about 60 times higher (in actuality, the lower quality of the Mariner 7 images makes the resolution gain even more dramatic). The MOC high resolution view (lower right, above) shows a 1.5 kilometer-(0.9 mile)-wide portion of the floor of Vishniac in the process of defrosting during southern spring. The bright areas are still frost-covered, while the darker areas are either defrosted or composed of darkened or "dirty" frost. The dark patches in the image seem to serve as sources for dark streaks of material that has either been blown across the landscape by wind, or has somehow caused the erosion of frost to create the streaks. Dark streaks follow the local topography, as might the wind that blew across this landscape. This pattern of spots and streaks was quite common on the defrosting south polar cap during the spring that lasted from early August 1999 to late December 1999. All images shown here are illuminated by sunlight from the lower right. Image orientation with north toward the bottom was selected in order to show the "footprint" visible in Mariner 7 image 7N20. The Mariner 7 images were recovered at Malin Space Science Systems from the original 7-track magnetic tapes, archived on CD-ROM by the JPL Data Preservation activity. More images relating to the release can be viewed at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02365

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, former President Jimmy Carter (center) gets a closeup view of the underside of an orbiter space vehicle. On the outer edge of the crowd are (left to riht) Launch Director Mike Leinbach (green jacket), Space Shuttle Launch Integration Manager Jim Halsell and Center Director Roy D. Bridges. Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter are touring KSC

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a visit to Kennedy Space Center, James Halsell (far left), manager, Launch Integration, Space Shuttle Program, greets former First Lady Rosalyn Carter (far right). Looking on are Center Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. (left) and former President Jimmy Carter (right). The Carters are touring KSC

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins examines part of the Atlantis nose cap with Randall Carter, who is with The Boeing Company. The nose cap was recently removed from Atlantis. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

Shuttle crew escape systems test conducted in JSC Bldg 9A CCT

Shuttle crew escape systems test is conducted by astronauts Steven R. Nagel (left) and Manley L. (Sonny) Carter in JSC One Gravity Mockup and Training Facilities Bldg 9A crew compartment trainer (CCT). Nagel and Carter are evaluating methods for crew escape during Space Shuttle controlled gliding flight. JSC test was done in advance of tests scheduled for facilities in California and Utah. Here, Carter serves as test subject evaluating egress positioning for the tractor rocket escape method - one of the two systems currently being closely studied by NASA.

Shuttle crew escape systems test conducted in JSC Bldg 9A CCT

Shuttle crew escape systems test is conducted by astronauts Steven R. Nagel (left) and Manley L. (Sonny) Carter in JSC One Gravity Mockup and Training Facilities Bldg 9A crew compartment trainer (CCT). Nagel and Carter are evaluating methods for crew escape during Space Shuttle controlled gliding flight. JSC test was done in advance of tests scheduled for facilities in California and Utah. Here, Carter serves as test subject evaluating egress positioning for the tractor rocket escape method - one of the two systems currently being closely studied by NASA.

Shuttle crew escape systems test conducted in JSC Bldg 9A CCT

Shuttle crew escape systems test is conducted by astronauts Steven R. Nagel (left) and Manley L. (Sonny) Carter in JSC One Gravity Mockup and Training Facilities Bldg 9A crew compartment trainer (CCT). Nagel and Carter are evaluating methods for crew escape during Space Shuttle controlled gliding flight. JSC test was done in advance of tests scheduled for facilities in California and Utah. Here, Carter serves as test subject evaluating egress positioning for the tractor rocket escape method - one of the two systems currently being closely studied by NASA.

Artist: Carter Emmart 'The Case for Mars' conference artwork (Mission to Mars) NOTE; for government educational use only -

Photographic coverage of STS-112 Preflight Training, Sonny Carter Training Facility, NBL.

JSC2002-E-27067 (1 July 2002) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus prepares for the STS-112 mission by participating in a hardware-moving simulation. The mission specialist rehearses setting up work for assigned space-walking crewmates in the nearby giant pool of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. Magnus and Expedition Five flight engineer Peggy A. Whitson (already aboard the orbital outpost when this training took place) will be operating the controls of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS or Canadarm2) during the mission's task of installing the station's S-1 truss. Astronauts David A. Wolf and Piers J. Sellers, who would be suited up and standing by in the airlock during this activity, will follow Magnus' set-up work with a space walk.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a tour of KSC, former President Jimmy Carter is shown packages of food that are used on the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly (far left) relates how the food is prepared and how it tastes. Behind and to the left of Carter is Tip Talone, director of Payload Processing, International Space Station. At the far right is Ron Woods, a technician in the Flight Crew Equipment Facility

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During a tour of KSC, former President Jimmy Carter is shown the current version of a lightweight mission specialist seat. From left to right are Ron Woods, a technician in the Flight Crew Equipment Facility; Carter; astronaut Joseph Tanner; another KSC employee; and Tip Talone, director of Payload Processing, International Space Station

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Lake Salda Beach

The eastern shore of Lake Salda in Turkey is a good analog for what an ancient lake may have looked like at Jezero Carter on Mars. The white sands and rocks are carbonate minerals that precipitated in the lake. The terraces on the right are old shorelines from when the lake levels were higher, where dried-out sediments have now cemented. These types of deposits might be present along the former shorelines at Jezero. What's more, these deposits might contain signs of microbes, if they ever existed on the Red Planet. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission will search for signs of ancient life in an dried-up lakebed on the surface of Mars. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24375

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- President Jimmy Carter, with wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy, listen to Center Director Lee R. Scherer explain a model of the crawler transporter during their tour of the Kennedy Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale (left) presents a 50th anniversary commemorative plaque to Wayne Carter during a Future Forum in Miami that focused on how space exploration benefits Florida's economy. Carter is assistant director for constituent services for the Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Alveraz. The event, which included presentations and panels, was held at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center. Among those participating were NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, astronaut Carl Walz, director of the Advanced Capabilities Division in NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and Russell Romanella, director, International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

1 mm histone octamer crystal grown on STS-81. A very dynamic structure which functions in many aspects of gene regulation from control of gene activity to the more subtle mechanisms of genetic imprinting. Principle Investigator is Dan Carter of New Century Pharmaceuticals.

Microgravity

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

Final space shuttle crew training session in the NBL

JSC2000-02541 (21 March 2000) --- Astronaut Richard A. Mastracchio, STS-106 mission specialist, prepares to participate in an emergency bailout simulation in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Center near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-106 crew water survival training

JSC2007-E-113503 (17 Dec. 2007) --- Astronaut K. Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, participates in a training session at a console in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-125 Crewmembers prepare for NBL Dive

PHOTO DATE: 09-16-11 LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 31 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings, preparations and then suit up for EVA training before entering the pool at the Sonny Carter Training Facility. PHOTOGRAPHER: Devin Boldt

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

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.

JSC Features and Web Stories Photos of the International Underwater ROV Competition

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

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

STS 125 crew training. Astronauts Massimino and Good

PHOTO DATE: 12 January 2016 LOCATION: Sonny Carter Training Facility - Neutral Buoyancy Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 50/51 crew members Peggy Whitson and Thomas Pesquet of ESA underwater during a suited run for ISS EVA Maintenance 7 (Battery) training. PHOTOGRAPHER: Bill Brassard (NBL)

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JSC2008-E-118434 (26 Sept. 2008) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, 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.

STS-125 crew training. Astronauts Grunsfeld and Feustel

Arctic Ozone Expedition Stavanger Norway: Arlin Carter, NASA Langley Research Center, is shown here with colleague during flight collecting data on the laser ozone mapping experiment. This experiment uses laser beams to determine the extent of column ozone above the DC-8 flying laboratory on which the laser experiment flys.

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S99-07013 (9 July 1999) --- Astronaut Marc Garneau, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, with the aid of a United Space Alliance suit technician, dons his shoes while suiting up for a STS-97 training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Sonny Carter Training Center.

STS-97 crewmembers participate in water survival training at NBL

An Independent Crew Egress Exercise (ICEE) / Houston Operations Theater (HOT) engineering test is conducted at JSC's Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL), Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) in Houston on June 29, 2017. Part of Batch images transfer from Flickr.

Orion crew egress exercise

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

JSC2010-E-019631 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli, STS-132 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.

CONSTELLATION Images from other centers - February 2010

Nucleosome Core Particle grown on STS-81. The fundamental structural unit of chromatin and is the basis for organization within the genome by compaction of DNA within the nucleus of the cell and by making selected regions of chromosomes available for transcription and replication. Principal Investigator's are Dr. Dan Carter and Dr. Gerard Bunick of New Century Pharmaceuticals.

Microgravity

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

JSC2010-E-019632 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Piers Sellers, STS-132 mission specialist, 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.

CONSTELLATION Images from other centers - February 2010

This is a large 2 mm crystal of histone octamer, grown on STS-81. A very dynamic structure which functions in many aspects of gene regulation from control of gene activity to the more subtle mechanisms of genetic imprinting. Principle Investigator is Dan Carter of New Century Pharmaceuticals.

Microgravity

JSC2000-02539 (21 March 2000) --- Astronaut Daniel C. Burbank, STS-106 mission specialist, dons headgear that contains communications equipment, prior to participating in an emergency bailout training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Center near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-106 crew water survival training

JSC2007-E-113616 (18 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew J. Feustel, both STS-125 mission specialists, participate in a training session at consoles in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-125 Crewmembers preparing for NBL dive

JSC2011-E-054081 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley (right), 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

Final space shuttle crew training session in the NBL

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

JSC2009-E-083031 (10 April 2009) --- Astronauts Randy Bresnik (left) and Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialists, participate 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.

STS-129 crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher

JSC2007-E-46557 (18 Sept. 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, participates in a training session in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2009-E-083006 (10 April 2009) --- Astronaut Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, 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.

STS-129 crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher

S99-07008 (9 July 1999) --- Astronaut Marc Garneau, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, puts the final touches on the life raft he's just deployed during a simulated emergency bailout exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Sonny Carter Training Center.

STS-97 crewmembers participate in water survival training at NBL

JSC2007-E-113615 (18 Dec. 2007) --- Astronaut K. Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, participates in a training session at a console in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-125 Crewmembers preparing for NBL dive

S99-07004 (9 July 1999) --- Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield, STS-97 pilot, awaits "rescue" during an emergency bailout training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Center.

STS-97 crewmembers participate in water survival training at NBL

JSC2008-E-118445 (26 Sept. 2008) --- Astronauts Scott Altman (right), STS-125 commander; Mike Massimino and Megan McArthur, both mission specialists, participate 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.

STS-125 crew training. Astronauts Grunsfeld and Feustel

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

STS-125 crew training. Astronauts Grunsfeld and Feustel

JSC2007-E-113505 (17 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts Michael J. Massimino (left) and Michael T. Good, STS-125 mission specialists, participate in a training session at consoles in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-125 Crewmembers prepare for NBL Dive

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

JSC2010-E-019628 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli (right), STS-132 pilot; and Michael Good, mission specialist, participate 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.

CONSTELLATION Images from other centers - February 2010

JSC2007-E-46555 (18 Sept. 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, participates in a training session at a console in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2011-E-054013 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, 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

Final space shuttle crew training session in the NBL

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Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

JSC2010-E-019629 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Piers Sellers, STS-132 mission specialist, 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.

CONSTELLATION Images from other centers - February 2010

Expedition 32 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide conduct pre-test briefings

Crater Dunes - False Color

The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows an unnamed crater on the floor of the much larger Molesworth Carter. Dunes on the floor of the crater are blueish, and surface sands are typically this color in false color images. Orbit Number: 8147 Latitude: -27.5042 Longitude: 149.606 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2003-10-16 04:30 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19728

STS-93 crewmembers engage in water survival training at the NBL

S98-09501 (6-14-98) --- Astronaut Eileen M. Collins participates in a simulation of an emergency egress from a shuttle during preparations for her role as mission commander for next year's STS-93 flight. Collins was joined by four other crewmembers for the training session, held in and around the deep Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)pool at the Johnson Space Center's Sonny Carter Training Center.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46556 (18 Sept. 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli (with communication headset), STS-120 mission specialist, participates in a training session at a console in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) near Johnson Space Center. Dina E. Contella (left) and Sarah Kazukiewicz Korona (center) assisted Nespoli.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, United Space Alliance tile technician Jimmy Carter works on instrument wire spot bonding on Atlantis’ vertical tail_rudder speed brake. Atlantis is being processed for launch on the second Return to Flight mission, STS-121, which is scheduled to fly in July.

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STS-134 crew members Michael Fincke and Greg Chamitoff during their final EVA4 training run at the NBL.

JSC2011-E-029110 (25 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 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) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Black History Month Event

A Black History Month celebration was held on Feb. 18, 2020 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program was organized by the Black Employee Strategy Team (BEST), one of the center’s employee resource groups. This year’s theme was “African Americans and the Vote.” From left are Kim Carter, associate program manager, Exploration Ground Systems; James Jennings, keynote speaker, former NASA associate administrator for Institutions and Management and Kennedy’s former deputy director; and Hortense Diggs, director of Communication and Public Engagement.

JSC2011-E-040206 (10 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, sits in a hyperbaric chamber as he undergoes high altitude training March 10, 2011 at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool

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On November 22, 1989, at 7:23:30pm (EST), five astronauts were launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery for the 5th Department of Defense (DOD) mission, STS-33. Crew members included Frederick D. Gregory, commander; John E. Blaha, pilot; and mission specialists Kathryn C. Thornton, Manley L. (Sonny) Carter, and F. Story Musgrave.

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S89-45737 (19 September 1989) --- Official STS-33 crew portrait. These five astronauts will be aboard the space shuttle Discovery for a scheduled November 1989 mission for the Department of Defense (DOD). Frederick D. Gregory (center, front) is mission commander. He is flanked by Kathryn C. Thornton and F. Story Musgrave, mission specialists. At rear are Manley L. Carter, Jr., mission specialist, and John E. Blaha, pilot.

Tom Joyner Panel Discussion

Kim Carter, Exploration Ground Systems associate manager, technical, participates in a panel discussion at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted by national radio host Tom Joyner, the discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional participants included former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden, former astronaut Winston Scott and Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown.

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JSC2011-E-029130 (25 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg H. Johnson (foreground), STS-134 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 or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

STS-134 crew members Michael Fincke and Greg Chamitoff during their final EVA4 training run at the NBL.

Space Shuttle Projects

Tom Joyner Panel Discussion

Following a panel discussion at the Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 28, 2019, Kennedy employees pose for a photo with former NASA administrator and panel participant Charlie Bolden, national radio host and panel host Tom Joyner, co-host Sybil Wilkes and former astronaut Winston Scott. The discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional panel participants included Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.