NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli poses for a portrait in the Systems Engineering Simulator, a real-time, crew-in-the-loop engineering simulator for the space station and advanced spaceflight programs, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2024e031840 --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins (right) takes a photo of NASA astronaut Andre Douglas (left) as he raises an American flag during a simulated moonwalk in a rock yard at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2025e003631 (Jan. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke (center) works with his trainers in a simulator to brush up on berthing Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser and other space station robotics skills at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
Boeing’s Flight Control Team participated in a rehearsal of prelaunch procedures for the company’s upcoming Orbital Flight Test in the White Flight Control Room in the Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will fly uncrewed to the International Space Station before NASA will certify the spacecraft to carry astronauts to station.
S74-29041 (September 1974) --- The commanders of the American astronaut and Soviet cosmonaut crews for the joint U.S.?USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission compare notes in a Soyuz spacecraft?s orbital module mock-up in Building 35 at the Johnson Space Center during a training and simulation exercise. They are Aleksey A. Leonov, right, and Thomas P. Stafford. The hatchway in the background leads to the Docking Module. The prime crewmen, along with backup crewmen, are training in both the U.S. and USSR for the joint mission scheduled for the summer of 1975.
S75-21945 (24 Feb. 1975) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (left) and astronaut Thomas P. Stafford take part in Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint crew training in Building 35 at NASA's Johnson Space Center. They are commanders of their respective prime crews. The training session simulated the activities of the second day in Earth orbit. Stafford and Leonov are in the Docking Module mock-up.
jsc2025e003643 (Jan. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke (right) works with his trainers in a simulator to brush up on berthing Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser and other space station robotics skills at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor is prepared for critical environmental tests inside the historic Chamber A at the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston in December 2024. Wrapped in silver thermal blanketing, the 12-foot-long (3.7-meter-long) angular structure was subjected to the frigid, airless conditions that the spacecraft will experience when in deep space. The cavernous thermal-vacuum test facility is famous for testing the Apollo spacecraft that traveled to the Moon in the 1960s and '70s. The instrument enclosure is designed to protect the spacecraft's infrared telescope while also removing heat from it during operations. After environmental testing was completed, the enclosure returned to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California for further work, after which it will ship to the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in Logan, Utah, and be joined to the telescope. Both the instrument enclosure and telescope were assembled at JPL. As NASA's first space-based detection mission specifically designed for planetary defense, NEO Surveyor will seek out, measure, and characterize the hardest-to-find asteroids and comets that might pose a hazard to Earth. While many near-Earth objects don't reflect much visible light, they glow brightly in infrared light due to heating by the Sun. The spacecraft's telescope, which has an aperture of nearly 20 inches (50 centimeters), features detectors sensitive to two infrared wavelengths in which near-Earth objects re-radiate solar heat. Targeting launch in late 2027, the NEO Surveyor mission is led by Prof. Amy Mainzer at UCLA for NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office and is being managed by JPL for the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. BAE Systems, SDL, and Teledyne are among the companies that were contracted to build the spacecraft and its instrumentation. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder will support operations, and Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California, is responsible for producing some of the mission's data products. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26583
The Boeing Mission Simulator is moved to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulator is a full-scale mockup of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The simulator will be used to train crews to fly the spacecraft.
The Boeing Mission Simulator is moved to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulator is a full-scale mockup of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The simulator will be used to train crews to fly the spacecraft.
The Boeing Mission Simulator is moved to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulator is a full-scale mockup of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The simulator will be used to train crews to fly the spacecraft.
The instrument enclosure for NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor is prepared for environmental testing inside the historic Chamber A in the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston in December 2024. Mounted to its articulating platform, on which it was securely positioned during assembly, the 12-foot-long (3.7-meter-long) angular structure was inspected by technicians before being placed inside the testing chamber. Figure A shows the reflective side of the instrument enclosure as it was rotated on the assembly dolly before being transferred to a testing platform. The cavernous opening to Chamber A is in the background. The instrument enclosure is designed to protect the spacecraft's infrared telescope while also removing heat from it during operations. After environmental testing was completed, the enclosure returned to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California for further work, after which it will ship to the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in Logan, Utah, and be joined to the telescope. Both the instrument enclosure and telescope were assembled at JPL. As NASA's first space-based detection mission specifically designed for planetary defense, NEO Surveyor will seek out, measure, and characterize the hardest-to-find asteroids and comets that might pose a hazard to Earth. While many near-Earth objects don't reflect much visible light, they glow brightly in infrared light due to heating by the Sun. The spacecraft's telescope, which has an aperture of nearly 20 inches (50 centimeters), features detectors sensitive to two infrared wavelengths in which near-Earth objects re-radiate solar heat. Targeting launch in late 2027, the NEO Surveyor mission is led by Prof. Amy Mainzer at UCLA for NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office and is being managed by JPL for the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. BAE Systems, SDL, and Teledyne are among the companies that were contracted to build the spacecraft and its instrumentation. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder will support operations, and Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California, is responsible for producing some of the mission's data products. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26582
JSC2007-E-113868 (19 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts Michael J. Massimino (seated), STS-125 mission specialist; and Gregory H. Johnson, STS-123 pilot, pose for a photo in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at the Johnson Space Center.
JSC2007-E-113866 (19 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts Michael J. Massimino (seated), STS-125 mission specialist; and Gregory H. Johnson, STS-123 pilot, pose for a photo in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at the Johnson Space Center.
S87-26822 (11 Feb. 1987) --- The Return to Flight crew, STS-26 pose for a photo prior to a training session in a simulator in the Jake Garn Mission Simulation and Training Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2011-E-016869 (11 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot, along with European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori (foreground) and NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, both mission specialists, participate in a simulation exercise in the motion-base simulator in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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
JSC2011-E-016871 (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
JSC2011-E-016860 (11 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in 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
Mastering the art of space robotics, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara commands the virtual frontier from the mock-up cupola in the Systems Engineering Simulator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, providing a glimpse into the intense training and preparation for missions abord the International Space Station. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center
NASA astronauts Suni WIlliams and Eric Boe check the Boeing Mission Simulator at the Boeing facility in St. Louis, Missouri, prior to its completion and shipment to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulator is a full-scale mockup of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The simulator will be used to train crews to fly the spacecraft.
JSC2010-E-014043 (25 Jan. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a simulation exercise in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-014042 (25 Jan. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a simulation exercise in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
NASA astronauts Suni WIlliams and Eric Boe check the Boeing Mission Simulator at the Boeing facility in St. Louis, Missouri, prior to its completion and shipment to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulator is a full-scale mockup of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The simulator will be used to train crews to fly the spacecraft.
JSC2010-E-014041 (25 Jan. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a simulation exercise in the motion-base shuttle mission simulator in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2011-E-028158 (23 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg H. Johnson, STS-134 pilot, participates in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2011-E-028160 (23 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Greg H. Johnson (right), STS-134 pilot; and Greg Chamitoff, mission specialist, are pictured during an exercise in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2011-E-028161 (23 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (foreground), STS-134 mission specialist; and Greg H. Johnson, pilot, 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2011-E-028163 (23 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (foreground), STS-134 mission specialist; and Greg H. Johnson, pilot, 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. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JSC2005-E-17974 (4 May 2005) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, participates in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator at Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized international space station components over a simulated Earth.
JSC2010-E-009784 (15 Jan. 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in a simulation exercise using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
JSC2005-E-17977 (4 May 2005) --- Astronauts Christopher J. Ferguson (left), STS-115 pilot, and Daniel C. Burbank, mission specialist, participate in an exercise in the systems engineering simulator at Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized international space station components over a simulated Earth.
JSC2011-E-003045 (14 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Eric Boe, STS-133 pilot, participates 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
JSC2010-E-090701 (8 June 2010) --- Several computer monitors are featured in this image photographed during an STS-133 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.
jsc2023e054224 (Aug. 12, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot Nichole Ayers conducts spacewalk training in the Space Station Airlock Test Article, a vacuum chamber that simulates simulation of airlock and spacewalk operations in pressures ranging from vacuum to 1 atmosphere, at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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
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
This is a photograph that was made on October 14, 1964 of Dr. von Braun while he toured the Marned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is shown inspecting a Gemini-Agena Docking Simulator.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
JSC2001-01922 (12 July 2001) --- Cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun, Expedition Five mission commander, assisted by Johnson Engineering diver Gabriel Meyer, simulates a parachute drop into water during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Korzun represents Rosaviakosmos.
jsc2018e005523 (February 9, 2018) --- Expedition 56-57 crew members (from left) Sergei Propokev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency train for their mission inside a space station simulator at the Johnson Space Center.
An Axiom Space engineer uses tongs to pick up a simulated lunar rock while wearing the AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) spacesuit during testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Image Credit: Axiom Space
JSC2010-E-006693 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (left), STS-131 commander; and Clayton Anderson, mission specialist, participate in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development 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-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-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.
JSC2009-E-207346 (11 Sept. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, participates 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-006706 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, participates in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006702 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, participates in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207371 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist, reads a procedures checklist 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-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.
JSC2009-E-240768 (12 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot; and Kathryn Hire, mission specialist, participate in a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006707 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (left), STS-131 commander; and Clayton Anderson, mission specialist, participate in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207336 (11 Sept. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in 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-240770 (12 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, occupies the pilot?s station during a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center.
The crew of STS-135, from left, Doug Hurley, Chris Ferguson, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim walk between buildings at the Johnson Space Center after a simulation in the motion based simulator on Friday, May 6, 2011, in Houston. ( NASA Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool ).
JSC2010-E-006712 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2006-E-23021 (15 June 2006) --- Astronaut William A. Oefelein, STS-116 pilot, dons his training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit prior to a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Mission Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207342 (11 Sept. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, participates 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-006698 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, participates in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2002-E-33379 (29 July 2002) --- Astronaut William A. Oefelein, STS-116 pilot, occupies the pilot’s station during a mission training session in the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC).
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.
S82-31527 (15 May 1982) --- Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II (left) and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., STS-4 commander and pilot, respectively, get in some training time in the motion base Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) at the Johnson Space Center's Mission Simulations and Training Facility. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2009-E-240767 (12 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot; and Kathryn Hire, mission specialist, participate in a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at 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-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-240771 (12 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Terry Virts (right), STS-130 pilot; Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson, both mission specialists, participate in a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-240773 (12 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, occupies the commander?s station during a training session in the fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-240765 (12 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire, both STS-130 mission specialists, read a procedure checklist during a training session in a fixed-base shuttle mission simulator (SMS) training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006713 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (background), STS-131 commander; Clayton Anderson and Stephanie Wilson, both mission specialists, participate in an undocking timeline training session in the Guidance and Navigation Simulator in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-207322 (11 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, uses a computer during a training session in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS) in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.
S88-27505 (3 Feb. 1988) --- Astronauts William M. Shepherd (standing) and Jerry L. Ross, both STS-27 mission specialists, get in some training time on the flight deck of the Shuttle Mission Simulator in the Jake Garn Mission Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
JSC2002-00686 (21 March 2002) --- An unidentified member of the STS-113 crew simulates a bailout from a shuttle-in-trouble during an emergency egress exercise in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Firing Room 1 at KSC, Shuttle launch team members put the Shuttle system through an End-to-End (ETE) Mission Management Team (MMT) launch simulation. The control room is set up with software used to simulate flight and ground systems in the launch configuration. The ETE MMT simulation included L-2 and L-1 day Prelaunch MMT meetings, an external tanking_weather briefing, and a launch countdown. The ETE transitioned to the Johnson Space Center for the flight portion of the simulation, with the STS-114 crew in a simulator at JSC. Such simulations are common before a launch to keep the Shuttle launch team sharp and ready for liftoff.
S83-32568 (23 May 1983) --- Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, straps herself into a seat in the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) in Johnson Space Center?s Mission Simulation and Training Facility. Dr. Ride and the other STS-7 crew members continue their simulations in the motion base simulator in preparation for their flight in the space shuttle Challenger. Launch is scheduled for June 18. Troy Stewart, suit technician, assisted Dr. Ride. Photo credit: NASA
S79-29067 (15 March 1979) --- An interior view of the space shuttle mission simulator (SMS), featuring the area between the commander and pilot positions which houses displays and controls. The cathode ray tube (CRT) computer displays are at top; a portion of the computer keyboards for the commander and pilot can be seen at bottom center. This SMS motion base simulator is located in the mission simulation and training facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). Photo credit: NASA
JSC2009-E-246186 (2 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, speaks to a crowd during a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
S99-07632 (15 July 1999) --- An unidentified STS-97 crew member simulates a bailout from a shuttle-in-trouble during an emergency egress exercise in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-084027 (18 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-133 mission specialist, is pictured during a robotics training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2001-00006 (January 2001) --- An unidentified member of the STS-104 crew simulates an ejection into a body of water during an emergency bailout training session for the astronauts in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).
JSC2010-E-039285 (10 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, speaks to a crowd during a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2010-E-006718 (5 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in an undocking timeline training session in the Mission Simulation Development Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-246745 (4 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, participates in a robotics training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
JSC2009-E-246184 (2 Dec. 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, speaks to a crowd during a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
S68-53194 (1 Nov. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 prime crew inside the centrifuge gondola in Building 29 during centrifuge training in MSC's Flight Acceleration Facility. (View with crew lying on back) Left to right are astronauts William A. Anders, lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander. Photo credit: NASA
Overall view of the Lunar Module Mission Simulator, an astronaut training facility located in bldg 5.
JSC2011-E-016874 (11 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly (right foreground), STS-134 commander, and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori (left foreground), mission specialist, participate in 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
The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was one of four major components comprising the Skylab (1973-1979). The ATM housed the first manned scientific telescope in space. This photograph shows the ATM rigged for altitude and space simulation tests at the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). The MSC was renamed the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in early 1973.
S75-21715 (19 Feb. 1975) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov focuses his camera for an interior shot during a simulation exercise for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). Leonov is inside the Soyuz orbital module mock-up in Building 35 at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), scene of current simulations for the joint U.S.-USSR space mission scheduled for July of this year. Astronauts and cosmonauts were taking part in second-day activity simulations when this photo was made. Leonov is the Soviet ASTP crew commander.