JSC2002-01563 (8 August 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, uses the Sky-genie to lower himself from a simulated trouble-plagued shuttle in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Curbeam is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.
Photographer James Blair