Photo Date: 12/06/2021 Subject: NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here with Johnson Center Director Vanessa Wyche in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos BerrÃos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photographers: James Blair
Photo Date: 2021-12-06 NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos BerrÃos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Location: Ellington Hangar 135 Photographer: James Blair
Photo Date: 2021-12-06 NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos BerrÃos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Location: Ellington Hangar 135 Photographer: Robert Markowitz
Photo Date: 2021-12-06 NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos BerrÃos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Location: Ellington Hangar 135 Photographer: James Blair
Official NASA Portrait of astronaut Tom Marshburn wearing the Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit in Building 8’s Photo Studio at the Johnson Space Center, July 19, 2021. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center
JSC2010-E-009599 (13 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot; and Michael Fincke, mission specialist, participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-018586 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, STS-134 pilot, 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.
JSC2009-E-207324 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, occupies the pilot?s station during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207326 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, occupies the pilot?s station during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207367 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, occupies the commander?s station during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207360 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, occupies the commander?s station during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207317 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, occupies the pilot?s station during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207369 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, occupies the commander?s station during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-122157 (26 May 2009) --- Astronauts Scott Altman (left), STS-125 commander; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; and Michael Good, mission specialist, are pictured at the STS-125 crew return ceremony on May 26, 2009 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-122212 (26 May 2009) --- Astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, STS-125 pilot, is pictured at the STS-125 crew return ceremony on May 26, 2009 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006721 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Michael Barratt (left) and Tim Kopra, both STS-133 mission specialists, are pictured during a training scheduling session at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006726 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Steven Lindsey (right), STS-133 commander; and Eric Boe, pilot; are pictured during a training scheduling session at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006722 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Steven Lindsey, STS-133 commander, is pictured during a training scheduling session at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006728 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Eric Boe, STS-133 pilot; and Nicole Stott, mission specialist, are pictured during a training scheduling session at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006723 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Michael Barratt (left) and Tim Kopra, both STS-133 mission specialists, are pictured during a training scheduling session at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-063773 (3 May 2010) --- NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Tim Kopra, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in a classroom session of water survival training at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-146825 (21 July 2009) --- Astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
S81-39431 (12 Nov. 1981) --- Eugene F. Kranz, left, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. monitor data displayed on the FOD console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) in the Johnson Space Center?s mission control center following the successful launch of the Columbia, and the beginning of NASA?s second space shuttle mission. Dr. Kraft is director of the Johnson Space Center and Kranz is deputy director of the flight operations directorate (FOD) at JSC. Houston time for the launch was approximately 9:10 a.m., Nov 12, 1981. Photo credit: NASA
S81-30216 (12 April 1981) --- Astronaut Joe H. Engle, backup crew commander for STS-1, watches a large screen in the mission operations control room of the Johnson Space Center?s Mission Control Center during the STS-1 flight?s prime crew commander?s status report. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, can be seen in the image at left center, which is displayed via rear screen projector. Photo credit: NASA
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Crew 1 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Nov. 15, 2020. The Marshall team is supporting flight control teams working with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as they monitor the different phases of the upcoming mission. Engineers and technicians at Marshall will use headsets and loops to communicate with the multiple locations on console for the launch.
JSC2011-E-046428 (19 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, STS-134 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), is pictured at her console 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
JSC2010-E-032829 (1 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, waves as he prepares to leave for a flight in a NASA T-38 trainer jet from Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center to Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
S82-41606 (December 1982) --- Astronaut Karol J. Bobko, left, STS-6 pilot, assists astronaut Donald H. Peterson, STS-6 mission specialist, prior to an underwater training session in the Johnson Space Center?s weightless environment training facility (WET-F). Astronauts F. Story Musgrave and Peterson are scheduled to perform the Space Transportation System?s first extravehicular activity on Challenger?s first flight, slated for early next year. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2009-E-061542 (24 March 2009) --- The members of the STS-119 Orbit 3 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Flight director Bryan Lunney (center) near the front.
JSC2010-E-009596 (13 Jan. 2010) --- STS-134 crew members participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Pictured are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (center background), commander; Gregory H. Johnson (left foreground), pilot; Michael Fincke (right foreground), Andrew Feustel (right background) and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori (left background), all mission specialists.
JSC2009-E-284900 (15 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson (center), STS-134 pilot; and Michael Fincke (right), mission specialist; along with European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, mission specialist, 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.
JSC2009-E-284898 (15 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson (center), STS-134 pilot; and Michael Fincke (right), mission specialist; along with European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, mission specialist, 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.
STS027-S-006 (2 Dec. 1988) --- A good portion of the Kennedy Space Center launch complex 39 and the Atlantic Ocean form the backdrop for the beginning stages of Atlantis' return trip to space. The scene was captured with a hand-held 70mm camera aimed through the windows of a NASA shuttle training aircraft piloted by astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, chief of Johnson Space Center?s astronaut office. Launch occurred at 9:30:34 a.m. (EST), Dec. 2, 1988. Photo credit: NASA
51G-S-219 (June 1985) --- Public Affairs Office (PAO) commentator Janet K. Ross is pictured at her console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during the STS-51G mission. Photo credit: NASA
51G-S-213 (June 1985) --- Public Affairs Office (PAO) commentator Janet K. Ross is pictured at her console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during the STS-51G mission. Photo credit: NASA
51G-S-204 (June 1985) --- Public Affairs Office (PAO) commentator John Lawrence (top right) is pictured at his console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during the STS-51G mission. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-059389 (11 May 2011) --- Astronaut Steve Robinson, STS-135 CAPCOM, works in the Mission Control Center at NASA?s Johnson Space Center during a simulation exercise with the crew on May 11, 2011. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool
JSC2009-E-284896 (15 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot; along with astronauts Michael Fincke (center) and Greg Chamitoff, both mission specialists, 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.
JSC2011-E-059424 (19 May 2011) --- The crew of STS-135, the final space shuttle mission, trains in the Space Station Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center May 19, 2011. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool
JSC2009-E-287978 (9 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson (right), STS-131 mission specialist; and United Space Alliance suit technician Raymond Cuevas are pictured prior to the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
S81-30386 (14 April 1981) --- Flight director Charles R. Lewis, left, studies a chart display on his console?s monitor in the mission operations control room (MOCR) in the Johnson Space Center?s Mission Control Center. The photograph was taken just prior to a TV transmission on day two of STS-1, with a special wide-angle lens. Astronauts Joe H. Engle (second from right) and Richard H. Truly, right, are backup commander and pilot, respectively, for NASA?s first space shuttle orbital test mission. Astronaut James F. Buchli, spacecraft communicator, is at right center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-018582 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, 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.
JSC2009-E-287979 (9 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr. (facing camera), STS-131 pilot, 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.
JSC2010-E-098603 (22 June 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-133 mission specialist, is visible on the screens in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) Control Room in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA?s Johnson Space Center during an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check.
JSC2010-E-024588 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, 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.
JSC2010-E-018594 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, 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.
JSC2009-E-287975 (9 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207947 (14 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-018590 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, 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.
JSC2010-E-018595 (3 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 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.
JSC2010-E-009602 (13 Jan. 2010) --- STS-134 crew members participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the second left are NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke, all mission specialists.
JSC2009-E-284891 (15 Dec. 2009) --- STS-134 crew members 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. Pictured from the right are NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff, Michael Fincke, all mission specialists; along with NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, mission specialist.
ISS023-S-002D (7 July 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; along with cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko (left) and Alexander Skvortsov, both flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas - STS134-S-002 --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch-and-entry suits, these six astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-134 crew portrait. Pictured clockwise are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (bottom center), commander; Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency's Roberto Vittori, all mission specialists.
JSC2011-E-058668 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot, participate in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-058647 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, participates in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-058677 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, participates in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070464 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-058630 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, participates in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-059397 (13 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, simulates a spacewalk in the Virtual Reality Laboratory at NASA?s Johnson Space Center May 13, 2011. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool
JSC2011-E-058633 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley (left foreground), STS-135 pilot, participates in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Instructor Sandy Wayne assisted Hurley. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070458 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-058681 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070274 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070271 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-058623 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (seated left), STS-135 commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot, participate in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Instructor Sandy Wayne assisted Ferguson and Hurley. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-070491 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, is pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-058646 (24 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a flight data file review in the Flight Operations Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-040211 (10 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, prepares to train in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA?s Johnson Space Center in Houston March 10, 2011. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool
JSC2011-E-070500 (22 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both STS-135 mission specialists, are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2010-E-124267 (8 Sept. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (left) and Gregory H. Johnson, STS-134 commander and pilot, respectively, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, prepare 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2010-E-124272 (8 Sept. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (background) and Gregory H. Johnson, STS-134 commander and pilot, respectively, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, prepare 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2009-E-284893 (15 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson (right), STS-134 pilot; and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, mission specialist, 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.
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-018871 (3 Feb. 2010) --- European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, 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.
JSC2010-E-018878 (3 Feb. 2010) --- European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, 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.
JSC2009-E-053501 (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.
JSC2009-E-207811 (12 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-128 crew return ceremony on Sept. 12, 2009 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025792 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2011-E-040265 (23 March 2011) --- A long parade of media is escorted between buildings at NASA?s Johnson Space Center in Houston for a media availability with the crew of STS-135 in the Systems Engineering Simulator March 23, 2011. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool
ISS023-S-002E (7 July 2009) --- NASA astronauts T.J. Creamer (left) and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, both Expedition 23 flight engineers; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, flight engineer, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait.
JSC2010-E-055377 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207318 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (left) and James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 commander and pilot, respectively, participate in a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
ISS023-S-002C (7 July 2009) --- Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko (left) and Alexander Skvortsov; along with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, all Expedition 23 flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait.
JSC2010-E-055375 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207803 (12 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut John ?Danny? Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-128 crew return ceremony on Sept. 12, 2009 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207361 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, mission specialist, participate in a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-055379 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025793 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-025789 (22 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, is pictured at the STS-130 crew return ceremony on Feb. 22, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-055374 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006725 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Steven Lindsey (second left), STS-133 commander; along with astronauts Eric Boe (left), pilot; and Alvin Drew, mission specialist, are pictured during a training scheduling session at NASA?s Johnson Space Center with scheduler Dale Williamson (far right).
JSC2010-E-055384 (21 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist, addresses a large crowd of well-wishers at the STS-131 crew return ceremony on April 21, 2010 at Ellington Field near NASA?s Johnson Space Center.