JSC2001-00016 (January 2001) --- Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, STS-104 mission specialist, adjusts his helmet as he prepares to participate in a simulation of a shuttle in trouble during emergency bailout training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center (JSC). Gernhardt will join four other astronauts for a June mission with the International Space Station (ISS).
Photographer Robert Markowitz