ASCAN Helms with instructor during Elgin AFB water survival training
1990 Group 13 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Susan J. Helms, wearing helmet with oxygen mask and inflated life jacket, is assisted by training instructor during water survival exercises at Elgin Air Force Base (AF... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (left), Mir 18 mission commander, among a group of Russians in the United States to participate in training for the joint Russia - United States space missions, conducts an intuba... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Using Dr. Dave E. Ward, a JSC physician, as a test subject, cosmonaut Gennadiy M. Strekalov (left), rehearses the taking of blood pressure. This is a service he will likely be performing a great deal next year ... More
STS-72 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata during ASCAN training
S95-00352 (12-14 September 1992) --- Astronaut candidate Koichi Wakata gets assistance with his parachute following a simulated chute drop at Vance Air Force Base. Wakata, representing the National Space Devel... More
41-D crewmembers participate in suiting exercise in KC-135
The 41-D crewmembers participate in suiting exercises in the weightless environment of the KC-135 aircraft.
STS-47 Commander Gibson dons LES prior to JSC launch egress training
STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Commander Robert L. Gibson adjusts the launch and entry suit (LES) neck dam during suit donning in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9A. Gibson is p... More
STS-31 MS McCandless and MS Sullivan during JSC WETF underwater simula...
This overall view shows STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II (left) and MS Kathryn D. Sullivan making a practice space walk in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. M... More
STS-54 MS Runco and MS Harbaugh participate in briefing at JSC's WETF
STS-54 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Mario Runco, Jr (right) and MS2 Gregory J. Harbaugh, holding an ESSEX wrench, examine mockup and tools prior to an underwater simulation in... More
Pilot Searfoss in experiment measuring effects space flight & pilot ab...
STS058-14-006 (18 Oct- 1 Nov 1993) --- Astronaut Richard A. Searfoss, pilot, participates in an experiment that measures the effects of space flight on pilot proficiency. Astronauts Searfoss (seen here at the ... More
ASCANs Helms and Gregory swim in pool during Elgin AFB survival traini...
1990 Group 13 Astronaut Candidates (ASCANs) Susan J. Helms (foreground) and William G. Gregory, wearing helmets and flight suits, swim in pool at Elgin Air Force Base (AFB) in Pensacola, Florida, during water s... More
STS-47 crewmembers and backups during JSC fire fighting exercises
STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, crewmembers led by Commander Robert L. Gibson (center) prepare to extinguish a blaze in JSC's Fire Training Pit. Lined up along the water hoses are: (on left) Payload... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Mir 18 crewmember Gennadiy M. Strekalov, center, practicies an emergency medical procedure to maintain a patient airway during training at JSC. Looking on are Dave E. Ward (right), a JSC medical doctor, and an ... More
Dual exposure view of exterior and interior of Apollo Mission simulat...
S67-50585 (1967) --- This is an intentional double exposure showing the Apollo Mission Simulator in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility, Building 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. In the exterior view... More
STS-54 Commander Casper at airlock hatch on CCT middeck during JSC tra...
S92-45750 (1 Sept 1992) --- Astronaut John H. Casper, mission commander, assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-54 mission, gets in some rehearsal time at JSC's Shuttle mockup and integr... More
STS-56 Commander Cameron & Pilot Oswald at CCT hatch during JSC traini...
STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Commander Kenneth Cameron (right) and Pilot Stephen S. Oswald, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), stand at the side hatch of the crew compartment trainer (CCT), a... More
Cosmonaut Dezhurov during medical operations training
Cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov (center), Mir 18 mission commander, gets his blood pressure taken by Dr. Michael J. Barrett, flight surgeon. Cosmonaut Anatoliy Y. Solovyev (right), Mir 19 mission commander, look... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Cosmonaut Gennadiy M. Strekalov (right), Mir-18 flight engineer, is briefed on medical supplies by Ezra D. Kucharz, medical operations trainer for Krug Life Sciences, Incorporated. Strekalov and a number of oth... More
Astronauts Grissom and Young prepare to preform flight simulations
S65-21864 (19 March 1965) --- Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (left), command pilot; and John W. Young, pilot, prepare to run Gemini-Titan 3 simulations in the Gemini mission simulator at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Th... More
41-D crewmembers participate in suiting exercise in KC-135
The 41-D crewmembers participate in suiting exercises in the weightless environment of the KC-135 aircraft.
STS-54 MS1 Runco participates in camera familiarization in JSC's CCT
S92-45751 (1 Sept 1992) --- Astronaut Mario Runco Jr., mission specialist assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-54 mission, gets in some rehearsal time with a camcorder. He is on the m... More
STS-54 MS2 Harbaugh and MS3 Helms during slidewire egress training at ...
S93-25030 (15 Dec 1992) --- Two astronauts assigned to fly aboard Endeavour for the STS-54 mission are briefed on the slidewire escape system at the launch pad. Pictured in the slidewire litter are astronauts ... More
Mercury astronauts participate in survivial training
S88-31375 (1960) --- Although more easily recognized in their spacesuits, these seven men are actually NASA astronauts participating in a U.S. Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. The or... More
View of Zero-G training for astronauts and payload specialists
View of astronaut candidates and payload specialists during a training flight on the KC-135. The trainees are experiencing weightlessness in the hold of the aircraft.
View of Zero-G training for astronauts and payload specialists
S84-40538 (24 Aug 1984) --- Two 41-G payload specialists and a backup for one of them appear to be at home in zero gravity in this scene photographed aboard a KC-135 "Zero gravity" aircraft flying one of its ... More
STS-47 MS Davis dons LES with technicians' help prior to JSC bailout t...
STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Mission Specialist (MS) N. Jan Davis, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES), looks on as technicians adjust her LES parachute pack prior to launch emergency egress (b... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Astronaut Norman E. Thagard (right center), a guest researcher on Russia's Mir 18 mission, monitors a test of a subject (out of frame) in the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) device. Others pictured, left to... More
Astronaut Alan Shepard near Lunar Landing Training Vehicle prior to te...
S70-56287 (14 Dec. 1970) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands near a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) prior to a test flight at Ellington Air Force Ba... More
Payload specialists Marc Garneau and Paul Scully-Power in SMS
41D-3138 (4 Sept 1984)--- Canada's backup payload specialist assists the two 41-G prime payload specialists during a training session in the Johnson Space Center's Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. Ro... More
STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU, during JSC WETF underwater simulation
STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II (left), wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), maneuvers his way around a mockup of the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector during an underwat... More
STS-56 Commander Cameron & Pilot Oswald on CCT flight deck in JSC's MA...
STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Commander Kenneth Cameron, (left) and Pilot Stephen S. Oswald, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and launch and entry helmets (LEHs), are seated on the forward fl... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Cosmonaut Alexandr F. Poleshchuk (right) inventories medical supplies with Ezra D. Kucharz, medical operations trainer for Krug Life Sciences, Incorporated. Poleshchuk, a Mir reserve crew member, and a number o... More
Astronaut Frank Borman during training exercise in Apollo Mission simu...
S67-50590 (1867) --- Astronaut Frank Borman, assigned duty as commander of the Apollo 8 mission, participates in a training exercise in the Apollo Mission simulator in the Mission Simulation and training Facili... More
View of Zero-G training for astronauts and payload specialists
Paul Scully-Power, 41-G payload specialist, links arms with two others as they experience weightlessness in the KC-135 training aircraft. The trio appears to be flying toward the front of the aircraft while oth... More
STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and Payload Specialist Durrance train at MSFC
STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert A.R. Parker (left) and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance practice Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) experiment procedures in a space shuttle aft flight deck mockup in th... More
STS-54 MS2 Harbaugh listens to instructions in JSC's WETF Bldg 29
S92-40569 (Aug 1992) --- Gregory J. Harbaugh, one of five astronaut crewmembers assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-54 mission, pauses for a break during training and preparations for... More
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
Mir 18 commander Vladimir N. Dezhurov, right, and fellow crew member, astronaut Norman E. Thagard, practice using a bar-code reader during medical operations training at JSC.
Cosmonauts and astronauts during medical operations training
S94-35071 (17 June 1994) --- Flight surgeon Mike Barrett looks on as astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar conducts a physical examination on cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyov. Crew members for the joint Space Shuttle/Mir missi... More