Astronaut Training Activities

Images of astronauts in various training and testing scenarios, featuring cockpit inspections and equipment preparation for space missions.

Cygnus and Ants. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-111 Commander Kenneth Cockrell inspects the window of Endeavour's cockpit. He and other crew members are taking part in a Crew Equipment Interface Test in preparation for launch. Mission STS-111 will carry to the International Space Station the Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM), filled with experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks, and the Mobile Base System (MBS), which will attach to the Mobile Transporter and complete the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. The Station's mechanical arm will then have the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab to the MSS and travel along the truss to work sites on the Station. Launch of Endeavour on mission STS-111 is scheduled for May 30, 2002

PHOTO DATE: 03-23-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, CCTIISUBJECT: STS-133 crew during CCTII Post Insertion/Deorbit Prep training

S127-E-006351 (16 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, looks through an overhead window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities.

STS-132 ATLANTIS - WINDOW #8 REMOVAL

S93-37899 (October 1993) --- Astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, STS-64 mission specialist, is assisted by Steve Voyles and Kari Rueter of Boeing Aerospace prior to participating in a rehearsal for a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA). Minutes later, Linenger was submerged in the 25-feet-deep pool in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 Commander Lee Archambault checks the cockpit window of space shuttle Discovery. He and other crew members are at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test that provides experience handling tools, equipment and hardware they will use on the mission. On the STS-119 mission, space shuttle Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. Discovery is targeted for launch on Feb. 12, 2009.

The Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft is mated to its booster rocket in a processing hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday, October 11, 2004, in preparation for its rollout to the launch pad October 12 and its liftoff October 14 to carry Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station.

Cygnus and Ants. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

STS-42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar (light shirt) smiles as she looks out overhead window W7 while Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Norman E. Thagard peers out aft viewing window W9. The two crewmembers are on the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. In the foreground, a camera is ready to capture the Earth below.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Crew-4 Commander, is pictured looking out a window inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship during his journey to the International Space Station.

Secretary Gale Norton with Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, right, speaking to reporters about forest management issues during tour of the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. Area, in Coronado National Forest, was affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

STS-132 crew during their PDRS N-TSK MRM training in the building 16 cupola trainer. Photo Date: December 22, 2009. Location: Building 16 - SES Cupola.

ISIS (Intelligent Spacecraft Interface Systems) Laboratory - Jeff McCandless, PHD Scientist (seated) and Robert McCann, PHD Scientist (standing)

JSC2011-E-029098 (25 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Michael Fincke (left) and Greg Chamitoff (right), both STS-134 mission specialists, wearing liquid cooling and ventilation garments that complement the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, participate in a training session in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a crew equipment interface test in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Pilot Kenneth Ham checks the cockpit window in space shuttle Discovery. The shuttle will transport the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) to the International Space Station to complete the Kibo laboratory. The launch of Discovery is targeted for April 24.

ISIS (Intelligent Spacecraft Interface Systems) Laboratory - Jeff McCandless, PHD Scientist (seated) and Robert McCann, PHD Scientist (standing)

Spacelab-3 launched aboard STS-51B, with the major science objective being to perform engineering tests on two new facilities the rodent animal holding facility and the primate animal holding facility. In addition, scientists observed the animals to obtain first hand knowledge of the effects of launch and reentry stresses and behavior. The need for suitable animal housing to support research in space led to the development of the Research Animal Holding Facility at the Ames Research Center. Scientists often study animals to find clues to human physiology and behavior. Rats, insects, and microorganisms had already been studied aboard the Shuttle on previous missions. On Spacelab-3, scientists had a chance to observe a large number of animals living in space in a specially designed and independently controlled housing facility. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) had management responsibility for the Spacelab-3 mission. This photograph depicts activities during the mission at the Huntsvi

JSC2005-E-22364 (14 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, testifies via video screen before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics chaired by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), as he orbited Earth onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at a speed of five miles a second. Phillips was approximately 220 statute miles above Earth, but his radio transmissions were routed to a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) in geostationary orbit at an altitude of about 22,300 miles.

S130-E-008506 (15 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, shaves his face at a mirror on the middeck of the space shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: -02-10-10LOCATION: BLG 9NW , ISS AirlockSUBJECT: STS-133 SSMTF ISS JNT AL HDW 31105 training. Four crew members (Drew, Kopra, Barrett, Stott).

C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) cabin interior with experimenters Dr. L Haughney and investigator

S86-25186 (December 1985) --- Five members of the prime crew for NASA s STS-51L mission and a backup crew member are briefed during a training session in the Johnson Space Center s (JSC) Shuttle Mock-up and Integration Laboratory. From left to right are astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka, mission specialist; Ronald E. McNair, mission specialist; Gregory D. Jarvis, Hughes payload specialist; Judith A. Resnik, mission specialist; Sharon Christa McAuliffe, citizen observer/payload specialist representing the Teacher-in-Space Project; and Barbara R. Morgan, backup payload specialist. The photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the New York Times. EDITOR S NOTE The STS-51L crew members lost their lives in the space shuttle Challenger accident moments after launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

PHOTO DATE: 05_07_09LOCATION: B9 VR LABSUBJECT: STS-129 EVA VR TRAINING

JSC2001-E-25391 (17 August 2001) --- Darrin Leleux, STS-105 trajectory officer, studies data at his console in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houstons Mission Control Center (MCC).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During crew equipment interface test activities at KSC, STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh checks the cockpit windshield of orbiter Endeavour, which is in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. The STS-118 mission will be delivering the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, as well as the SPACEHAB single cargo module filled with supplies and equipment. Launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour is targeted for Aug. 9.

JSC2005-E-17432 (28 April 2005) --- Astronaut Steven G. MacLean, STS-115 mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, rehearses emergency egress procedures in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. The long tube in the foreground is a training version of the launch escape pole which is now carried onboard for all shuttle flights. Crew trainer David Pogue assisted MacLean.

A scientist at McMurdo Station conducts an experiment. Country: Antarctica (ATA)

JSC2006-E-53585 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Aaron Frith, ground controller (GC) works the Orbit 3 shift in the Shuttle Flight Control Room for the STS-116 mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-126 Pilot Eric Boe inspects the cockpit window of space shuttle Endeavour. Behind him is Commander Chris Ferguson. Members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 crew are at Kennedy to participate in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT. The CEIT provides experience handling tools, equipment and hardware they will use on the mission. Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station on the STS-126 mission. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10.

S66-33408 (10 May 1966) --- Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, command pilot of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini-9 spaceflight, sits in Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer while suiting up for a Gemini-9/Agena simultaneous launch demonstration. This test is a coordinated countdown of the Atlas-Agena and the Gemini-Titan vehicles. A suit technician assists Stafford.

S85-34378 (4 June 1985) --- Payload specialists John-David Bartoe, left, and Loren W. Acton listen to a briefing by a crew trainer (out of frame) during emergency egress training for members of the Challenger's next crew. Later, the seven crewmembers used sky-genies to practice quick egress from a potentially troubled Space Shuttle craft. They are standing near the crew compartment trainer in the Shuttle mockup and integration lab at JSC.

DATE: 1-15-14LOCATION: Building 9N, VR LabSUBJECT: Expedition 40/41 crew training with 38S/Swanson and Skvortsov and 39S/Suraev and Gerst.

JSC2000-E-16588 (15 June 2000) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-106 pilot, simulates control of the remote manipulator system (RMS) for the Space Shuttle Atlantis during a training session in the Johnson Space Center'sSystems Integration Facility.

NASA Space Science Advisory Committee Chairman Ed Wiler (r) visit to Ames Research Center while on tour of the Arc Jet Facility with G. Scott Hubbard, Raj Venkatapathy and entourage. Wiler uses special viewing glasses to observe a test run of Thermal Protection Materials.

Perseid Meteor flight on Google's Gulfstream Aircraft. P.I. Peter Jenniskens, SETI Group with C.C. Crawford, Meteor Society, CA

Date: 01-22-14Location: Bldg 5, SSATASubject: EPS Major Case with Expedition 41 crew (39S/Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst, along with 40S/Wilmore).

During emergency egress practice at Launch Pad 39B, STS-97 Pilot Mike Bloomfield (left) and Commander Brent Jett (center) discuss their activities with Closeout Crew member Travis Thompson (right). The practice is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that also include a simulated launch countdown and opportunities to inspect the mission payloads in the orbiters payload bay. Mission STS-97is the sixth construction flight to the International Space Station. Its payload includes the P6 Integrated Truss Structure and a photovoltaic (PV) module, with giant solar arrays that will provide power to the Station. The mission includes two spacewalks to complete the solar array connections. STS-97 is scheduled to launch Nov. 30 at 10:05 p.m. EST

Virology. Researchers manipulate culture of class 4 viral agents in high level security laboratory of Pasteur Institute of Lyon, France. The class 4 virus are highly pathogenic and require high protection suits.

DATE: 1-15-14LOCATION: Building 9N, VR LabSUBJECT: Expedition 40/41 crew training with 38S/Swanson and Skvortsov and 39S/Suraev and Gerst.

jsc2018e084484 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague is seen through a window on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft as he conducted a fit check dress rehearsal Sept. 26. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 in the Soyuz MS-10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

ISS026-E-028112 (18 Feb. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, operate the Canadarm2 controls inside the International Space Stations Cupola to relocate the Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) from the Harmony node nadir port to Harmonys zenith port.

S65-41825 (1 July 1965) --- Astronauts Frank Borman (right), command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, are the prime crew members for NASA's Gemini-Titan 7 (GT-7) mission.

JSC2001-E-06200 (8 March 2001) --- At his console in Houston's Mission Control Center, STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon, studies mission data on STS-102 launch day.

A park ranger at the underground launch control center for Minuteman II missiles, the site was deactivated after the Cold War, National Historic Site, Cactus Flat, South Dakota, USA, North America

Stardust sample analysis @ UC Berkeley clean room - mission samples provided to UC Berkeley for analysis by NASA (r) Dr Andrew Westphal, Berkeley Physicist with Dr Scott Sandford, NASA Ames Astrophysicist (l) oversee sample analysis - Jess Carpenter NASA/Ames videographer documents the event

JSC2006-E-38926 (31 Aug. 2006) --- Flight director Rick LaBrode discusses Expedition 13 mission activities with another flight controller (out of frame) in the Station (Blue) Flight Control Room in Houston's Mission Control Center.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency conducts a fit check” familiarization aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft June 25 as part of the preparations for launch with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA on July 7, Baikonur time for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station.GCTC/Andrei Shelepin

Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton on tour, given by BP corporate officials, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks with the agency's astronaut candidates during a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA's newest astronaut candidate class has started their two years of training, after which the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASAs new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

S99-05678 (24 May 1999)--- Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy (right), STS-103 mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), "controls" the shuttle's remote manipulator system (RMS) during a simulation using virtual reality type hardware at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Looking on is astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist. Both astronauts are assigned to separate duties supporting NASA's third Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission. Clervoy will be controlling Discovery's RMS and Grunsfeld is one of four astronauts that will be paired off for a total of three spacewalks on the mission.

Expedition 55 flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA is seen at the conclusion of a press conference, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arnold, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft on Wednesday, March, 21.

LCROSS launch public viewing event held at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Dr. Kimberly Ennico, LCROSS mission scientist is shown here monitoring the launch sequence.

JSC2008-E-008416 (29 Jan. 2008) --- United Space Alliance (USA) instructor David L. Williams (center) briefs STS-125 crewmembers during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Crewmembers pictured are K. Megan McArthur (left), Michael T. Good, John M. Grunsfeld (second right), all mission specialists; and Gregory C. Johnson (right), pilot.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with former NASA astronaut John Creighton in the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery while on a tour at the Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Seattle, Washington.

NASA Ames National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Facility (40x80x120ft Wind Tunnels & Outdoor Aerodynamic Research Facility - OARF) 1987 NFAC dedication - Kip Edenborough at airshow

PHOTO DATE: 09-08-14LOCATION: Building 16N/1040 - SES Alpha-Cupola SUBJECT: ESA Astronaut Timothy Peake on behalf of ESA prior to FF RNDZ ADV 3 training with Kopra and Wilmore.

Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (second from left with back to camera) visits the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (L-R) Unidentified, President Kennedy, Project Mercury Flight Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (facing the camera), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (back to camera). Brevard County, Florida.

DATE: 9-22-14LOCATION: Bldg 9NW - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: Expedition 48 crew members (Soyuz 46) Aleksey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams during Emergency Scenarios Assigned 1 training in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facilities (SVMTF) ISS mockups with instructor John Ray.

Astronaut Thomas D. Jones, mission specialist, dons a space suit prior to participating in contingency space walk simulations at the JSC Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF). Jones is assisted by Frank Hernandez (left) and suit technician Charles Hudson of Hamilton Standard. Jones suit is weighted to that he can achieve a neutrally buoyant state once under water. Extravehicular tasks are not planned for the STS-59 mission, but a number of chores are rehearsed in case of failure of remote systems to perform those jobs.

JSC2003-E-02167 (15 January 2003) --- Astronaut Stanley G. Love, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitors data at his console in the station flight control room (BFCR) in Houstons Mission Control Center (MCC). At the time this photo was taken, astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox and Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, respectively, were participating in the missions only scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

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A large TV screen in Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shows Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, right, welcoming Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt onboard the International Space Station after he fellow crew members Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi docked their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft on Saturday, March 28, 2009.

Dick Bergmann, far left in front, original lead designer for the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), tours the iconic facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with descendants of Max Urbahn, the original architect, on Nov. 22, 2019. Behind Bergmann is Kelvin Manning, Kennedy associate director, technical. The Florida Section American Society of Civil Engineers bestowed its National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark award to the facility. The VAB is the first building at Kennedy Space Center to earn this distinction. At the time of its completion, the 129-million-cubic-foot structure was the largest building in the world. Originally designed and built to accommodate the Saturn V/Apollo used in Project Apollo, the VAB was later modified for its role in the Space Shuttle Program.

Space Shuttle 3% scale model to analyze removal of PAL ramp and other effects i the 9x7ft w.t.

STS080-361-007 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, STS-80 mission specialist, improvises onboard the space shuttle Columbia. Having just washed her hair, Jernigan temporarily "borrowed" a duct from the orbiter's air conditioning system to dry it. The off-duty activity was recorded with a 35mm camera.

NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson, left, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Tom Marshburn, along with Vice President Kamala Harris watch a video screen as NASA astronauts onboard the International Space Station give remarks prior to the screening of the movie Lightyear on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. The Vice President and Second Gentleman hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities at the Naval Observatory for military families and local STEM students and their families, including a special screening of Disney Pixars Lightyear.

STS064-311-031 (10 Sept. 1994) --- Astronaut Mark C. Lee, STS-64 mission specialist, at a Payload General Support Computer (PGSC) on the space shuttle Discovery's flight deck, talks to ground controllers about the Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX). Astronaut L. Blaine Hammond, pilot, is partially visible in the background.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-120 Commander Pamela Melroy is greeted by Mike Wetmore, director of Launch Vehicle Processing, as she exits the Shuttle Training Aircraft with the crew at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Melroy will be making her third shuttle flight, the second woman to command a shuttle mission. Next to her is Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson. Behind them on the steps are Mission Specialists Doug Wheelock and Dan Tani (at top), who will be remaining behind to join the Expedition 16 crew after the mission is complete. At right is Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach. The crew has returned to Kennedy to prepare for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery at 11:38 a.m. EDT on Oct. 23. The mission will be the 23rd shuttle flight to the International Space Station, delivering the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. The 14-day mission includes five spacewalks -- four by shuttle crew members and one by the stations Expedition 16 crew -- to install Harmony and m

A researcher examines an Advanced Technology Transport model installed in the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. ca. 1973

S66-42748 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 prime crew, astronauts John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, enjoy a breakfast of steak and eggs on the day of the Gemini-10 launch. The Gemini-10 liftoff was at 5 20 p.m. (EST), July 18, 1966.

S127-E-006590 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-127 pilot, on flight deck duriong flight day 3.

Secretary Gale Norton attending Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. ceremony marking the naming of Columbia Point, a 13,980-feet peak in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia's last voyage

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers finish donning SCAPE suits for the fueling of the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 (SAEF-2). SCAPE refers to Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble. CONTOUR will provide the first detailed look into the heart of a comet -- the nucleus. Flying as close as 60 miles (100 kilometers) to at least two comets, the spacecraft will take the sharpest pictures yet of a nucleus while analyzing the gas and dust that surround them. CONTOUR is scheduled for launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket July 1, 2002, from Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

jsc2017e118967 (September 21, 2017) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Loral OHara undergoes helicopter water survival training at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston.

Dr E. J.Smith, John Wolf (Ames) and Charles Hall (Ames) confer during press conference for Pioneer 11 Jupiter encounter

Secretary Gale Norton attending Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C. ceremony marking the naming of Columbia Point, a 13,980-feet peak in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia's last voyage

JPL Director Michael Watkins, right, talks with Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk as they and the NASA Perseverance Mars rover team await the landing of the spacecraft in mission control, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. A key objective for Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

Expedition 42/43 (Soyuz 41S) crew member and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during ISS EVA Maintenance 9 (Maintenance 8) along with Astronaut Jeanette Epps. Photo Date: September 16, 2014. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

In honor of the Centernial of Flight celebration and commissioned by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a team of engineers from Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) built a replica of the first liquid-fueled rocket. The original rocket, designed and built by rocket engineering pioneer Robert H. Goddard in 1926, opened the door to modern rocketry. Goddard's rocket reached an altitude of 41 feet while its flight lasted only 2.5 seconds. The Marshall design team's plan was to stay as close as possible to an authentic reconstruction of Goddard's rocket. The same propellants were used - liquid oxygen and gasoline - as available during Goddard's initial testing and firing. The team also tried to construct the replica using the original materials and design to the greatest extent possible. By purposely using less advanced techniques and materials than many that are available today, the team encountered numerous technical challenges in testing the functional hardwar

Bob Ballard Exploration

In order to make sure weather conditions are acceptable at multiple altitudes, NASA meteorologists on the ground conduct constant monitoring operations, and launch weather balloons to get accurate data for aircraft and pilot.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers the keynote speech at the Humans to Mars Summit (H2M), Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at George Washington University in Washington. Bridenstine joined more than 20 NASA scientists and technologists at the three-day event sponsored by Explore Mars Inc. It brought industry, government and the scientific, entertainment and academic communities together to discuss technology developments, foster partnerships, and encourage students to pursue STEAM careers.

Seated at table with back to camera, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, left, Soyuz Commander and Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari, right, and their backup crew meet with Russian and American officials moments before boarding the bus to head to the Soyuz launch pad, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:09 a.m. local time. Anousheh Ansari will spend nine days on the International Space Station under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 Splashdown. Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev is seen inside an elevator on the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN that will take him up to a waiting helicopter to fly to Jacksonville, Florida along with NASA astronauts Warren "Woody" Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi a few hours after they landed in their SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Bowen, Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev are returning after nearly six-months in space as part of Expedition 69 aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka trains on a Soyuz simulator at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, April 15, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Engineers Jim Murray and Joe Pahle prepare a deployable, inflatable wing technology demonstrator experiment flown by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The inflatable wing project represented a basic flight research effort by Dryden personnel.Three successful flights of the I2000 inflatable wing aircraft occurred. During the flights, the team air-launched the radio-controlled (R/C) I2000 from an R/C utility airplane at an altitude of 800-1000 feet.As the I2000 separated from the carrier aircraft, its inflatable wings "popped-out," deploying rapidly via an on-board nitrogen bottle. The aircraft remained stable as it transitioned from wingless to winged flight. The unpowered I2000 glided down to a smooth landing under complete control.

Young college student with microscope and discussing with his teacher in laboratory, Freiburg im breisgau, Baden-Wºrttemberg, Germany

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor is seen reflected in a display case during an interview, Friday, June 14, 2019 the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Auñón-Chancellor spent 197 days living and working onboard the orbital laboratory as part of Expeditions 56 and 57, contributing to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science while there. She began her career at NASA as a flight surgeon before being selected as an astronaut in 2009.

Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn is interviewed by NASA Pulic Affairs Officer Josh Byerly for NASA Television at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Marshburn, Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko returned to earth from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews.

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