From left to right: JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada receive training on their crew capsule at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e041089 (April 9 2025) --- The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test crew member Nicole Mann in ARED PT #1 training.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, and Crew-1 pilot Victor Glover. The other Crew-1 astronauts also training, but not pictured, are mission specialist Shannon Walker, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, all NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, and pilot Victor Glover, NASA astronaut. The other crew members training, but not pictured, are mission specialist Shannon Walker, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, both NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, and pilot Victor Glover, NASA astronaut. The other crew members training, but not pictured, are mission specialist Shannon Walker, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, both NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, NASA astronaut; and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. Other crew members training, but not pictured, are pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Shannon Walker, both NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, and pilot Victor Glover, NASA astronaut. The other crew members training, but not pictured, are mission specialist Shannon Walker, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, both NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are pilot Victor Glover, NASA astronaut; mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut; and mission specialist Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut. The other crew member training, but not pictured, is Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, NASA astronaut. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut. The other crew members training, but not pictured, are Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, and pilot Victor Glover, both NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are pilot Victor Glover, NASA astronaut; mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut; and mission specialist Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut. The other crew member training, but not pictured, is Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, NASA astronaut. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, all NASA astronauts. Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins (not pictured), NASA astronaut, also participated in the training. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test crew member Nicole Mann in SAFER Skills training in VR Lab.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test crew member Nicole Mann in SAFER Skills training in VR Lab.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test crew member Nicole Mann in SAFER Skills training in VR Lab.

Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut Suni Williams in ISS EVA POGO training in SVMF POGO.

Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut Suni Williams in ISS EVA POGO training in SVMF POGO.

Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut Suni Williams in ISS EVA POGO training in SVMF POGO.

Nicole Mann sits in a T-38 in preparation for Commercial Crew Program astronaut training at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Boeing Commercial Crew Flight Test (CFT) Emergency Vehicle Familiarization training with Chris Ferguson, Nicole Mann, Barry Wilmore and Mike Fincke.

Boeing Commercial Crew Flight Test (CFT) Emergency Vehicle Familiarization training with Chris Ferguson, Nicole Mann, Barry Wilmore and Mike Fincke.

jsc2023e041422 --- Artemis II science trainers push a lunar tool cart across the lunar-like landscape of Iceland during an Artemis II crew geology field training.

jsc2025e041086 (April 9, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e041084 (April 9, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e041085 (April 9, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e041087 (April 9, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e041090 (April 9, 2025) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, mission specialist of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e041088 (April 9, 2025) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, mission specialist of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station trains inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.

From left to right: NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina prepare for the unlikely event of an emergency by training inside a mockup that models the real orbiting lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas ahead of their upcoming International Space Station mission. Credit: NASA/James Blair

jsc2025e064769 --- An inflatable Moon is hoisted above the Orion mockup at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Moon was used for crew lunar observation training ahead of the Artemis II mission.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Boeing CFT crew member Mike Fincke with backup Barry "Butch" Wilmore during Boeing CFT/59S BU ISS EVA Maintenance 1 PRF training.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore in EVA suitup at NBL with Expedition 62 cosmonaut Nikolai Tikhonov during Expedition 62 ISS EVA Maintenance 2 training.

Artemis geology training lead at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Cindy Evans (left) and NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch study geologic features in Iceland during Artemis II crew geology training in August 2024.

From left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, and NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander, and Victor Glover, pilot, participate in a SpaceX training exercise on July 22, 2020, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Also participating in the training but not pictured was NASA astronaut and mission specialist Shannon Walker. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation prior to liftoff at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

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.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, and pilot for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, participates in an egress training exercise on July 21, 2020, in Florida. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Mission specialist Shannon Walker and spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins – both NASA astronauts – also participated in the training, along with Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. Glover, Walker, Hopkins, and Noguchi will launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, and spacecraft commander for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, participates in an egress training exercise on July 21, 2020, in Florida. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Mission specialist Shannon Walker and pilot Victor Glover – both NASA astronauts – also participated in the training, along with Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. Hopkins, Walker, Glover, and Noguchi will launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, and pilot for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, participates in an egress training exercise on July 21, 2020, in Florida. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Mission specialist Shannon Walker and spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins – both NASA astronauts – also participated in the training, along with Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. Glover, Walker, Hopkins, and Noguchi will launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, and pilot for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, participates in an egress training exercise on July 21, 2020, in Florida. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Mission specialist Shannon Walker and spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins – both NASA astronauts – also participated in the training, along with Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. Glover, Walker, Hopkins, and Noguchi will launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

View of STS 51-D crew commander Karol Bobko training with the Arriflex 16mm camera.

jsc2025e041092 (April 9, 2025) --- The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.

jsc2025e041091 (April 9, 2025) --- The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.

View of STS 41-D mission crew training in Shuttle Mission simulator. From left to right are Henry Hartsfield, Jr., commander; mission specialists Judith Resnik, Richard Mullane, and Steven Hawley; and Michael Coats, pilot. They appear to be standing in the middeck mockup, preparing for training.

View of STS 41-D mission crew training in Shuttle Mission simulator. From left to right are Henry Hartsfield, Jr., commander; mission specialists Judith Resnik, Richard Mullane, and Steven Hawley; and Michael Coats, pilot. They appear to be standing in the middeck mockup, preparing for training.

jsc2025e064747 --- Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch, left, Artemis II lunar science team member Marie Henderson, Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, and Artemis II backup crew member Andre Douglas practice camera setup during crew lunar observations training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

S84-36900 (29 June 1984) ---Astronauts Robert L. Crippen (right) and Jon A. McBride, crew commander and pilot, respectively, for NASA's 41-G Space Shuttle mission, don self contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) gear prior to their underwater to observe a simulation of an extravehicular activity (EVA) to be performed on their mission. Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan and David C. Leestma, two of three mission specialists on the seven-member crew, are scheduled for the EVA. The underwater training took place in the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility (WET-F).

Pilot Victor Glover, spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins, mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, and mission specialist Shannon Walker participate in a SpaceX training exercise on July 22, 2020, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Glover, Hopkins, and Walker are all NASA astronauts; Noguchi is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation prior to liftoff at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.

Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.

Commercial Crew Program astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in Free Flyer Track & Capture Sim training in SES Alpha Cupola.

jsc2024e040808 --- Artemis II crew members, from left, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronauts Jeremy Hansen and Jenni Gibbons, study rocks during classroom preparation ahead of their fieldwork training in Iceland.

Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Shannon Walker – all NASA astronauts – and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi participate in an egress training exercise on July 21, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi will launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

From back to front, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Shannon Walker, mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, and spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins participate in an egress training exercise on July 21, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Glover, Walker, and Hopkins are all NASA astronauts; Noguchi is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi will launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.

Female astronauts Jan Davis and Mae Jemison undergo training at Marshall's Spacelab-J Crew Training facility.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

jsc2025e064753 --- Artemis II crew members, from left, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, participate in crew lunar observations training in the Orion mockup at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

S68-54841 (5 Nov. 1968) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space mission stands on the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever (MVR) prior to participating in water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are astronauts Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot; David R. Scott, command module pilot; and James A. McDivitt, commander. In background is the Apollo Command Module (CM) boilerplate which was used in the training exercise.

jsc2025e064544 (July 3, 2025) --- The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission train for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. From left: Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e064550 (July 3, 2025) --- The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission train for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. From left: Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e064545 (July 3, 2025) --- The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission train for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. NASA astronauts Mike Fincke (left) and Zena Cardman are the pilot and commander of the mission. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e064551 (July 3, 2025) --- The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission train for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. From left: Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e041083 (April 9, 2025) --- The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a Dragon training crew spacecraft at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, all NASA astronauts, and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi participates in crew equipment interface testing for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. Also participating, but not pictured, were Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, all NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in an emergency water egress exercise in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist Shannon Walker, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, and pilot Victor Glover. Soichi is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut; the others are NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, all NASA astronauts; and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are mission specialist Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, all NASA astronauts, and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi participates in crew equipment interface testing for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. Also participating, but not pictured, were Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Shannon Walker, all NASA astronauts. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. The Crew-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which has returned human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.

Astronauts Charles F. Bolden Jr. (left) and Kenneth S. Reightler, commander and pilot, respectively, for the STS-60 mission, take a break during rehearsal for some of their flight duties near the crew compartment trainer in JSC's Shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory (50648); Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, mission specialist for STS-60, gets assistance with his launch and entry suit from Lockheed's Max Kandloer during a training session. Others pictured, left to right, are Astronauts Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Ronald M. Sega and N. Jan Davis (50649); Astronaut Kenneth S. Reightler, pilot for STS-60, gets assistance with his launch and entry suit (LES) from Boeing's William Todd during a training session (50650).

Astronauts Charles F. Bolden Jr. (left) and Kenneth S. Reightler, commander and pilot, respectively, for the STS-60 mission, rehearse some of their duties on the flight deck of the crew compartment trainer in JSC's Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory (50652); Astronaut N. Jan Davis, mission specialist for STS-60, gets assistance with her suit from Lockheed's Max Kandler during a training session at JSC's Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. She is seated in the mission specialist station on the middeck mockup (50653).

S66-58501 (27 Oct. 1966) --- The prime crew of the first manned Apollo Space Flight, Apollo/Saturn (AS) mission 204, is suited up aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever (MVR) in preparation for Apollo water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are astronauts Edward H. White II, senior pilot; Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot; and Roger B. Chaffee, pilot.

jsc2025e064548 (July 3, 2025) --- The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission train for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are both mission specialists of the mission. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e064549 (July 3, 2025) --- The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission pose for a photo during a training session for their upcoming trip to the International Space Station at SpaceX facilities in Florida. From left: Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui. Credit: SpaceX

A volunteer "astronaut" starts down an exit slide from a Space Shuttle crew compartment mockup during a rescue and recovery training exercise.

S93-45068 (22 Sept 1993) --- Two members of the STS-58 Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2) crew, train with amateur radio equipment at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). They are William S. McArthur (left), mission specialist, and Richard A. Searfoss, pilot. The STS-58 flight will carry the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) payload, configuration C, which includes FM voice and packet. Three of the seven crewmembers are licensed amateur radio operators. Searfoss' call letters are KC5CKM; McArthur, KC5ACR; and payload specialist Martin J. Fettman, KC5AXA. Licensed students at a number of schools around the country will have the opportunity to talk directly with the astronauts during the 14-day flight.

A mockup of the Spacelab II configuration was built at Marshall's Completed Payload Crew Training Complex (PCTC) located at Building 4612.

S68-42197 (5 Aug. 1968) --- The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7, participates in water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. In hatch of the Apollo egress trainer (command module) is astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. Sitting in life raft are astronauts Walter Cunningham (on left) and Donn F. Eisele. A team of MSC swimmers assisted with the training exercise. The inflated bags were used to upright the trainer prior to egress.

S68-46605 (5 Aug. 1968) --- The prime crew of the first manned Apollo mission (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205) participates in water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (stepping into life raft), Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham. They have just egressed Apollo Command Module Boilerplate 1102, and are awaiting helicopter pickup. Inflated bags were used to upright the boilerplate. MSC swimmers assisted in the training exercise.