JSC2001-02941 (26 November 2001) --- Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Perrin, representing CNES, the French Space Agency, is assisted by crew trainers Don Post, Jr., and Nichole Starke. STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).
Photographer James Blair