NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses in front of the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is seen as he peers through the hatch opening of the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment while on a tour of the Museum of Flight, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with former NASA astronaut John Creighton in the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with former NASA astronaut John Creighton in the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with Doug King, president and CEO of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Bolden toured the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at the museum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, third from left, is seen as he is escorted on a tour of the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at the Museum of Flight, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. Bolden is joined by Washington Aerospace Scholars Alec Lindsey, far left, Brenna Tuller-Ross and Doug King, far right, president and CEO of the museum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

S94-36628 (23 June 1994) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski poses at the hatch of the crew compartment trainer prior to a rehearsal of launch and entry procedures for a November 1994 flight aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist joined the mission specialist for this training exercise in the crew compartment trainer at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory and will join him aboard Atlantis in November. The flight is manifest to support the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) mission.

JSC2005-E-32723 (1 Aug. 2005) --- United Space Alliance (USA) crew trainer Adam Flagan briefs European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, on the use of the crew escape slide in the crew compartment trainer (CCT) during emergency egress training. The CCT is one of several shuttle-training components located in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2003-E-54284 (15 Aug. 2003) --- Astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, STS-116 mission specialist, uses the crew escape slide in the crew compartment trainer (CCT) during emergency egress training. The CCT is one of several shuttle-training components located in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Higginbotham is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit. United Space Alliance (USA) crew trainer Adam G. Flagan assisted Higginbotham.

S85-34378 (4 June 1985) --- Payload specialists John-David Bartoe, left, and Loren W. Acton listen to a briefing by a crew trainer (out of frame) during emergency egress training for members of the Challenger's next crew. Later, the seven crewmembers used sky-genies to practice quick egress from a potentially troubled Space Shuttle craft. They are standing near the crew compartment trainer in the Shuttle mockup and integration lab at JSC.

JSC2010-E-170910 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (right), STS-135 commander; and Rex Walheim, mission specialist, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro (background) assisted the crew members. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

JSC2010-E-024596 (11 Feb. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024606 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024604 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024608 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024609 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, STS-134 pilot, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-258461 (8 Dec. 2009) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Piers Sellers, STS-132 mission specialist, participates in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024605 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024593 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-32665 (3 Aug. 2006) --- Astronaut Steven R. Swanson, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Swanson is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and landing suit.

JSC2010-E-043946 (26 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, participates in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024607 (11 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 crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-18112 (9 April 2007) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Pamela A. Melroy, STS-120 commander, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Melroy is wearing a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-024597 (11 Feb. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

S85-29788 (May 1985) --- Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud and Abdulmohsen Hamad Al-Bassam man the controls on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) in the Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2000-04073 (12 May 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd (bottom left), Expedition One mission commander, and cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, lie on couches on the mid deck of a Johnson Space Center trainer during a rehearsal of shuttle descent. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, the third Expedition One crew member, is not yet positioned on his couch. He will serve as flight engineer for the crew. Next to him is astronaut Andrew S.W. Thomas, who assisted in the shuttle-descent simulation in one of the Johnson Space Center's Crew Compartment Trainers (CCT).

S94-40091 (23 June 1994) --- Astronaut Curtis L. Brown mans the pilot's station of a Shuttle trainer during a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of the scheduled November flight of STS-66. This rehearsal, held in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. Making his second flight in space, Brown will join four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3).

JSC2010-E-170901 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; Rex Walheim, Sandy Magnus, both mission specialists; and Doug Hurley (right foreground), pilot, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro (second right) assisted the crew members. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

S94-40074 (23 June 1994) --- Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy, STS-66 international mission specialist, sits securely on a collapsible seat on the middeck of a Shuttle trainer during a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of his scheduled November flight. This rehearsal, held in the crew compartment trainer of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. Clervoy, a European astronaut, will join five NASA astronauts for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3).

S94-40081 (23 June 1994) --- Wearing a training version of a partial pressure suit, Jean-Francois Clervoy, STS-66 international mission specialist, secures himself on a collapsible seat on the middeck of a Shuttle trainer during a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of his scheduled November flight. This rehearsal, held in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. Clervoy, a European astronaut, will join five NASA astronauts for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3).

S94-40061 (23 June 1994) --- Secured in a collapsible seat on the middeck of a Shuttle trainer, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, payload commander, participates in a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of the scheduled November flight of STS-66. This rehearsal, held in the crew compartment trainer of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. In November Ochoa will join four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3).

S93-48461 (5 Nov. 1993) --- In the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory, astronaut John H. Casper simulates an emergency ejection from the space shuttle. Barely visible in the hatchway of the Shuttle crew compartment trainer (CCT) is the escape pole device like that flown on each shuttle flight. Casper and four other NASA astronauts will spend two weeks in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in March 1994.

S98-06938 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), uses a device called a Sky genie to simulate rappelling from a troubled Space Shuttle during training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Glenn has been named as a payload specialist for STS-95, scheduled for launch later this year. This exercise, in the systems integration facility at JSC, trains the crewmembers for procedures to follow in egressing a troubled shuttle on the ground. The full fuselage trainer (FFT) is at left, with the crew compartment trainer (CCT) at right. Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA

S98-06937 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), uses a device called a Sky genie to simulate rappelling from a troubled Space Shuttle during training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Glenn has been named as a payload specialist for STS-95, scheduled for launch later this year. This exercise, in the systems integration facility at JSC, trains the crewmembers for procedures to follow in egressing a troubled shuttle on the ground. The full fuselage trainer (FFT) is at left, with the crew compartment trainer (CCT) at right. Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA

JSC2010-E-043956 (26 March 2010) --- Crew instructors brief the STS-133 crew members prior to the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left (bottom) are NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey, commander; Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra, Nicole Stott, all mission specialists; Eric Boe, pilot; and Alvin Drew, mission specialist. The crew members are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2011-E-060132 (29 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley crawls out of the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT-2) mock-up while Rex Walheim waits as the crew of STS-135 trains in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility (SVMF) at NASA?s Johnson Space Center June 29, 2011. The training marked the crew's final scheduled session in JSC's Shuttle Vehicle Mock-up Facility. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool

S99-05615 (19 May 1999) --- Astronaut Gerhard P.J. Thiele, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), slides off the shuttle escape pole onto a soft surface during emergency bailout training for the STS-99 crew members. A second STS-99 crew member awaits his turn. Looking on are technician David Borjas (second right) and videographer Charles Clendaniel (right). The training took place at the crew compartment trainer (CCT) in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2010-E-196891 (20 Dec. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus (mostly obscured), both STS-135 mission specialists, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, participate in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-196897 (20 Dec. 2010) --- While seated at the commander?s station, NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Ferguson is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-196893 (20 Dec. 2010) --- While seated at the pilot?s station, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Hurley is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-196898 (20 Dec. 2010) --- While seated at the pilot?s station, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Hurley is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-195531 (3 Dec. 2010) --- While seated at the commander?s station, NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Ferguson is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-195530 (3 Dec. 2010) --- While seated at the pilot?s station, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Hurley is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-196892 (20 Dec. 2010) --- While seated at the pilot?s station, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Hurley is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2002-01537 (8 August 2002) --- Astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, uses the crew escape slide in the crew compartment trainer (CCT) during emergency egress training. The CCT is one of several shuttle-training components located in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA).

JSC2005-E-03861 (28 January 2005) --- Astronauts Lisa M. Nowak (left), Michael E. Fossum and Piers J. Sellers, all STS-121 mission specialists, attired in training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit, await the start of an emergency egress training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-1). The CCT is one of several shuttle-training components located in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2010-E-043954 (26 March 2010) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, STS-133 crew members await the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the right are NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey, commander; Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra, Nicole Stott, all mission specialists; Eric Boe, pilot; and Alvin Drew, mission specialist.

S89-39537 (July 1989) --- Two astronaut-crewmembers for NASA's STS-34 mission are briefed on inflight maintenance procedures on the mid-deck of the Space Shuttle crew compartment trainer in JSC's Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. They are Ellen S. Baker and Michael J. McCulley, mission specialist and pilot, respectively for the scheduled Oct. 1989 mission aboard the Atlantis.

JSC2000-04077 (12 May 2000) --- The ISS Expedition One crew rehearses procedures for a shuttle descent in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Lying on portable couches on the mid deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) are, from the left, astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander; cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer.

S93-38679 (20 July 1993) --- Wearing a training version of the partial pressure launch and entry garment, astronaut William S. McArthur listens to a briefing on emergency egress procedures for the STS-58 mission. McArthur, along with five other NASA astronauts and a visiting payload specialist assigned to the seven member crew, later rehearsed contingency evacuation procedures. Most of the training session took place in the crew compartment and full fuselage trainers of the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory.

S93-39619 (20 July 1993) --- Wearing a training version of the partial pressure launch and entry garment, astronaut William S. McArthur listens to a briefing on emergency egress procedures for the STS-58 mission. McArthur, along with the five other NASA astronauts and a visiting payload specialist assigned to the seven-member crew, later rehearsed contingency evacuation procedures. Most of the training session took place in the crew compartment and full fuselage trainers of the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory.

S93-38675 (20 July 1993) --- Wearing training versions of the partial pressure launch and entry garment, astronauts Richard A. Searfoss (left), pilot, and John E. Blaha, mission commander, prepare for a training exercise. The two, along with the four other NASA astronauts and a visiting payload specialist asssigned to the seven-member crew, later rehearsed contingency evacuation procedures. Most of the training session took part in the crew compartment and full fuselage trainers in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory.

S93-38686 (20 July 1993) --- Wearing a training version of the partial pressure launch and entry garment, astronaut William S. McArthur prepares to rehearse emergency egress procedures for the STS-58 mission. McArthur, along with the five other NASA astronauts and a visiting payload specialist assigned to the seven-member crew, later simulated contingency evacuation procedures. Most of the training session took place in the crew compartment and full fuselage trainers of the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory.

JSC2010-E-170902 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both STS-135 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-170906 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (second right), STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley (left), pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-170907 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; and Sandy Magnus, mission specialist, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-170908 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (left), STS-135 pilot; and Rex Walheim, mission specialist, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2010-E-166833 (24 Sept. 2010) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

S99-07641 (15 July 1999)--- Carlous Gillis, a technician for United Space Alliance, assists astronaut Brent W. Jett, STS-97 commander, with his launch and entry garment during a training session in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Jett, pictured here in the commander's station on the port side of a shuttle crew compartment trainer (CCT), and four other astronauts are to visit the International Space Station (ISS) late next year

JSC2010-E-024599 (11 Feb. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in a training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024616 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Mark Kelly (seated), STS-134 commander; Greg Chamitoff (left) and Andrew Feustel (right); along with European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, all mission specialists, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, await the start of a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024598 (11 Feb. 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in a training session on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Pamela A. Melroy, STS-120 commander, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Preparing for the STS-120 mission which launched October 23, 2007, Melroy is wearing a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-042108 (23 March 2010) --- While seated at the pilot?s station, NASA astronaut Eric Boe, STS-133 pilot, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Boe is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2007-E-14485 (20 March 2007) --- While seated at the pilot's station, astronaut Alan G. Poindexter, STS-122 pilot, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Poindexter is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-042092 (23 March 2010) --- Attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-042084 (23 March 2010) --- While seated at the commander's station, NASA astronaut Steve Lindsey, STS-133 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Lindsey is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-042095 (23 March 2010) --- Attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-32653 (3 Aug. 2006) --- While seated at the pilot's station, astronaut Lee J. Archambault, STS-117 pilot, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Archambault is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and landing suit.

JSC2009-E-258462 (8 Dec. 2009) --- Astronauts Mike Good (foreground), STS-130 mission specialist; and Tony Antonelli, pilot, participate in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Antonelli and Good are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2010-E-042094 (23 March 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-024595 (11 Feb. 2010) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (foreground) and Andrew Feustel, both STS-134 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-146844 (21 July 2009) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, astronauts Nicholas Patrick (foreground) and Robert Behnken, both STS-130 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-146847 (21 July 2009) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, astronauts Nicholas Patrick (left) and Robert Behnken, both STS-130 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2010-E-042096 (23 March 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the aft flight deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-258475 (8 Dec. 2009) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Ken Ham, STS-132 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Ham is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2007-E-48205 (28 Sept. 2007) --- While seated at the commander's and pilot's stations, astronauts Mark E. Kelly (left) and Kenneth T. Ham, STS-124 commander and pilot, respectively, participate in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Kelly and Ham are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2010-E-042086 (23 March 2010) --- NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Stott and Barratt are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2010-E-042087 (23 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Stott is wearing a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit.

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

JSC2006-E-32647 (3 Aug. 2006) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, STS-117 commander, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Sturckow is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and landing suit.

JSC2010-E-043948 (26 March 2010) --- NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, both STS-133 mission specialists, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2008-E-008461 (29 Jan. 2008) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Altman is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2007-E-48207 (28 Sept. 2007) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Mark E. Kelly, STS-124 commander, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Kelly is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2007-E-18071 (9 April 2007) --- While seated at the pilot's station, astronaut George D. Zamka, STS-120 pilot, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Zamka is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-042088 (23 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Barratt is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-042090 (23 March 2010) --- NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Stott and Barratt are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

JSC2006-E-32666 (3 Aug. 2006) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and landing suits, astronauts James F. Reilly II (left) and John D. (Danny) Olivas, both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-18070 (9 April 2007) --- While seated at the pilot's station, astronaut George D. Zamka, STS-120 pilot, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Zamka is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2009-E-258484 (8 Dec. 2009) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, astronauts Garrett Reisman (foreground) and Steve Bowen, both STS-132 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

S99-05085 (April 1999) --- In preparation for a STS-93 detailed test objective (DTO), astronauts Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot, and Catherine G. (Cady) Coleman, mission specialist, train with a high-definition television camcorder. The camera will be carried onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for their scheduled July mission. The rehearsal with the DTO 700-17A hardware took place in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT)in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2008-E-008460 (29 Jan. 2008) --- While seated at the commander's station, astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Altman is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2010-E-042093 (23 March 2010) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in a post insertion/de-orbit training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2009-E-258479 (8 Dec. 2009) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, astronauts Garrett Reisman (foreground) and Steve Bowen, both STS-132 mission specialists, participate in a training session on the middeck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA?s Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-32656 (3 Aug. 2006) --- While seated at the pilot's station, astronaut Lee J. Archambault, STS-117 pilot, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Archambault is wearing a training version of his shuttle launch and landing suit.

S93-48458 (5 Nov. 1993) --- In the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory, the five crew members training for NASA's next mission are assisted in donning their partial pressure launch and entry suits. From left to right are astronaut John H. Casper, Andrew M. Allen, Pierre J. Thuot, Charles D. (Sam) Gemar and Marsha S. Ivins. Minutes later the crew was in the crew compartment trainer (CCT) rehearsing their scheduled March 1994 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Launch, landing and emergency egress procedures were covered in the training session.

S85-46694 (26 Dec. 1985) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe (right) and Barbara R. Morgan, Teacher-in-Space payload specialist and backup, respectively, pause from a break in launch and entry readiness training to pose for NASA photographer. The crew compartment trainer (CCT) is in a vertical position (background) to accommodate that training. Astronauts use the shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory to train for a variety of activities. Photo credit: NASA

S89-26392 (Jan 1989) --- Astronaut Robert C. Springer, strapped into a chair, participates in entry phase rehearsals for his upcoming STS-29 flight. The mission specialist will join three crewmembers on the flight deck for launch, but will move to the mid deck for entry, swapping positions with fellow crewmember, Astronaut James P. Bagian, also a mission specialist. The rehearsals took place in the crew compartment trainer in JSC's Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. Photo was made by Bill Bowers of the Johnson Space Center.

S93-38672 (20 July 1993) --- Wearing training versions of the partial pressure launch and entry garment, the STS-58 crewmembers prepare for a training exercise. After being briefed by astronaut John E. Blaha (right), mission commander, the group rehearsed contingency evacuation procedures. Most of the training session took part in the crew compartment and full fuselage trainers in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory.