JSC2001-01439 (17 May 2001) --- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, STS-114 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit, is about to begin a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Noguchi represents Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA).
Photographer James Blair