JSC2008-E-122385 (9 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, STS-127 mission specialist, dons a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Astronaut Tom Marshburn, mission specialist, assisted Kopra, who is scheduled to join Expedition 19 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station with the STS-127 crew.
Photographer JAMES BLAIR
Date October 9, 2008