STS-85 Mission Specialist Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. looks down at his glo...
STS-85 Mission Specialist Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. looks down at his glove as a suit technician helps him with the other as he undergoes suitup in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. He is a lieutenant co... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Hans Schlegel put on his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. Schlegel is with the European... More
Photograph of a Suit Technician Adjusting Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carp...
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL: A suit technician adjusts collar in space suit as Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter relaxes before his date in space. Carpenter was successfully launched into orbit atop an Atl... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Pilot Rick D. Husband ...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Pilot Rick D. Husband waves while being checked by a suit technician after donning his launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. STS-96 is a 10-day ... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Ell...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa is checked by a suit technician after donning her launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. STS-96 is a 10-day logist... More
With the help of a suit technician, STS-97 Commander Brent Jett dons h...
With the help of a suit technician, STS-97 Commander Brent Jett dons his launch and entry suit. This is his third Shuttle flight.; Mission STS-97 is the sixth construction flight to the International Space Stat... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps Space shuttle A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim put on his launch and entry suit, preparing for launch. The fitting is part of terminal count... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician makes adjustments to ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician makes adjustments to space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Stanley Love's helmet, part of his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. Th... More
GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-IV (SUITING-UP) - CAPE
S65-29646 (3 June 1965) --- Astronaut Edward H. White II (left), Gemini-4 pilot, gets help with the donning of his spacesuit from a suit technician before the Gemini-4 spaceflight. Astronaut Alan Shepard is at ... More
STS-86 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski gets assistance from a s...
STS-86 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski gets assistance from a suit technician in making adjustments to his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Parazynski’s second ... More
STS-86 Mission Specialist Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien of the French Space ...
STS-86 Mission Specialist Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien of the French Space Agency, CNES, gets assistance from a suit technician in adjusting his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. This wi... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-103 Commander Curtis L. B...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-103 Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. signals he's ready for launch while having his launch and entry suit checked by a suit technician. Other crew members are Pilot Sco... More
A suit technician helps STS-100 Commander Kent V. Rominger adjust his ...
A suit technician helps STS-100 Commander Kent V. Rominger adjust his helmet during suitup for launch in the Operations and Checkout Building. The 11-day mission to the International Space Station will deliver ... More
With the assistance of a suit technician, STS-84 Pilot Eileen Marie Co...
With the assistance of a suit technician, STS-84 Pilot Eileen Marie Collins finishes donning her launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building in preparation for her second Space Shuttle flight.... More
STS-88 Commander Robert D. Cabana gets assistance from a suit technici...
STS-88 Commander Robert D. Cabana gets assistance from a suit technician in donning his orange launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. STS-88 will be Cabana’s fourth spaceflight. He and t... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-103 Mission Specialist Jo...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-103 Mission Specialist John M. Grunsfeld (Ph.D.) is assisted by a suit technician in donning his launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. Other crew m... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burban...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank talks with a suit technician during suit check. Burbank will me making his second flight on a shuttle. He and other crew members are check... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Pilot Alan Poindexter put on his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. The STS-122 crew is preparing for a sim... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's K...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-126 Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper talks to a suit technician while getting into her ha... More
STS-82 Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox makes some final adjustme...
STS-82 Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox makes some final adjustments to his launch and entry suit with assistance from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is his fourth space fl... More
STS-85 Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. smiles as he is assisted with hi...
STS-85 Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. smiles as he is assisted with his ascent/reentry flight suit by a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force... More
A suit technician makes adjustments to the orange launch and entry sui...
A suit technician makes adjustments to the orange launch and entry suit of STS-86 Mission Specialist Vladimir Georgievich Titov in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Titov’s fifth spaceflight, a... More
STS-91 Mission Specialist Franklin R. Chang-Diaz gets assistance from ...
STS-91 Mission Specialist Franklin R. Chang-Diaz gets assistance from a suit technician as he dons his flight suit in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. The fitting takes place prior to the crew walkou... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Jul...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Julie Payette is assisted by a suit technician in donning her launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. Payette is with the Canad... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 Mission Specialist Richard Arnold gets help from a suit technician in the final fitting of his l... More
STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega gets assistance from a sui...
STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega gets assistance from a suit technician as he dons his launch and entry suit during final prelaunch preparations in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be ... More
STS-86 Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield relaxes for a moment while donning ...
STS-86 Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield relaxes for a moment while donning his launch and entry suit with the assistance of a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Bloomfield’s first ... More
STS-87 Mission Specialist Winston Scott dons his launch and entry suit...
STS-87 Mission Specialist Winston Scott dons his launch and entry suit with the assistance of a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Scott’s second space flight. He and the five othe... More
Before entering the orbiter Endeavour, STS-99 Commander Kevin Kregel s...
Before entering the orbiter Endeavour, STS-99 Commander Kevin Kregel shakes hands with Chris Meinert, closeout chief of the White Room closeout crew. In the background is Carlos Gillis, suit technician. The Whi... More
STS-85 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson smiles as he is assisted...
STS-85 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson smiles as he is assisted with his ascent/reentry flight suit by a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. He has been a NASA employee since 1... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, a smiling STS-99 Mission Spec...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, a smiling STS-99 Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi waves after donning her launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. In background is a suit technician. STS... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crew members for space shuttle Discovery's S...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crew members for space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission don their launch and entry suits before heading to Launch Pad 39A. A suit technician helps Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg w... More
GT-9 TEST - TRAINING, NASA Gemini program
S65-22639 (14 April 1965) --- The Gemini-Titan 4 prime crew, astronauts Edward H. White II (left), pilot; and James A. McDivitt (getting in the spacecraft), command pilot, received instructions from Gordon Harv... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (front) and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (front) and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walk across the mobile launcher to enter their Apollo 11 spacecraft. Along with them is Joe Schmidt, a suit technician... More
STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A. Hawley makes some final adjustment...
STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A. Hawley makes some final adjustments to his launch and entry suit with assistance from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Hawley’s fourth space... More
STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf gets assistance from a suit te...
STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf gets assistance from a suit technician while donning his orange launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Wolf’s second flight. He and t... More
STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee gets help from a suit technician w...
STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee gets help from a suit technician while donning the gloves of his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Wetherbee’s fourth spaceflight. H... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The crew members of mission STS-116 are...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The crew members of mission STS-116 are suiting up for launch at 9:35 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39B aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Pictured here is Mission Specialist Robert Curb... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Commander Scott Altman is helped by ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Commander Scott Altman is helped by a suit technician to don a harness over his launch and entry suit before entering space shuttle Atlantis for a simulated launch countdown. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Mission Specialist Mike Massimino s he...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Mission Specialist Mike Massimino s helped by a suit technician to don a harness over his launch and entry suit before entering space shuttle Atlantis for a simulated launch coun... More
STS-82 Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner dons his launch and e...
STS-82 Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner dons his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building with assistance from a suit technician. This is Tanner’s second space flight. He and the s... More
STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz puts on a glove of his launch and...
STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz puts on a glove of his launch and entry suit with assistance from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Horowitz’s second space flight. He and t... More
STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith gives a "thumbs up" while do...
STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith gives a "thumbs up" while donning his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. A suit technician stands ready to assist with final adjustments. Th... More
STS-94 Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas smiles as a suit technicia...
STS-94 Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas smiles as a suit technician helps him into his launch/entry suit in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. He has flown on STS-83, STS-70 and STS-65. He holds a... More
STS-94 Payload Specialist Roger K. Crouch is helped into his launch/e...
STS-94 Payload Specialist Roger K. Crouch is helped into his launch/entry suit by a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building after the suit has been given a pressure test. He is the Chief... More
STS-106 Mission Specialist Boris V. Morukov waves as a suit technician...
STS-106 Mission Specialist Boris V. Morukov waves as a suit technician in the White Room helps him with his launch and entry suit before he enters Space Shuttle Atlantis. The opening into Atlantis can be seen i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Mission Specialist Mike Fossum talks to a suit technician after donning a harness over his launch and entry su... More
Photograph of the Suit Technician Checking Astronaut M. Scott Carpente...
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Project Mercury suit technician, Joe Schmitt, checks spacesuit prior to Lt. Cmdr. M. Scott Carpenters MA-7 spaceflight. Committee Papers
MEDICAL - SPACELAB (TEST OF SIMULATION)
Spacelab simulations crew members during medical testing. Photo is of Patricia Cowings being zipped into the one-meter-diameter rescue ball during physical tests. Assisting her is Joe Schmitt, a suit technician.
Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Columbia, Microgravity
STS-94 Payload Specialist Roger K. Crouch is helped into his launch/entry suit by a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout (OC) building after the suit has been given a pressure test. He is the Chief Sc... More
Before entering the orbiter Endeavour, STS-99 Commander Kevin Kregel s...
Before entering the orbiter Endeavour, STS-99 Commander Kevin Kregel shakes hands with Chris Meinert, closeout chief of the White Room closeout crew. In the background is Carlos Gillis, suit technician. The Whi... More
STS-97 Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega gets help with his boots from...
STS-97 Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega gets help with his boots from suit technician Shelly Grick-Agrella during pre-pack and fit check. Mission STS-97 is the sixth construction flight to the International Sp... More
STS-100 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski is questioned by a suit...
STS-100 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski is questioned by a suit technician about the fit of his helmet and suit. Parazynski and the rest of the crew Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim has his launch-and-landing suit checked by a suit technician, pa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson has his launch-and-landing suit checked by a suit technician, part of ... More
GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - PREFLIGHT (CHECKS) - CAPE
S65-20639 (18 March 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot, reclines on a couch in the Pad 16 ready room during preflight checks prior to going to Pad 19 for flight simulations in t... More
GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-9 SIMULATION - TRAINING - CAPE
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 fo... More
STS-81 Mission Specialist Marsha S. Ivins gets a helping hand from a s...
STS-81 Mission Specialist Marsha S. Ivins gets a helping hand from a suit technician as she prepares to don the helmet of her launch/entry suit in the suitup room of the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. ... More
STS-94 Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt is assisted into his l...
STS-94 Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt is assisted into his launch/entry suit by a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. He first flew in this capacity on STS-69. He has been ... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-103 Mission Specialist C....
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-103 Mission Specialist C. Michel Foale (Ph.D.) smiles as a suit technician helps him don his launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. Other crew membe... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, a smiling STS-99 Mission Spec...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, a smiling STS-99 Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi waves after donning her launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. In background is a suit technician. STS... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-100 Mission Specialist Ch...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-100 Mission Specialist Chris Hadfield gets his launch suit adjusted by a suit technician. Hadfield and the rest of the crew Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin put on his boots, part of his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. The STS-1... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A suit technician helps space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Stanley Love lace his boots, part of his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. The STS-122 ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-126 Mission Specialist Donald Pettit is he...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-126 Mission Specialist Donald Pettit is helped by a suit technician with his boots during suit-up in the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. P... More
GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-IV - SUITING-UP - PRELAUNCH - CAPE
S65-29645 (3 June 1965) --- Astronaut Edward H. White II, Gemini-4 pilot, gets help with the donning of his spacesuit from a suit technician before the Gemini-4 spaceflight.
STS-32 Commander Brandenstein dons LES equipment in KSC LC Pad 39A whi...
STS032-S-062 (9 Jan 1990) --- Inside the White Room at Launch Pad 39A, a suit technician helps astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, mission commander, suit up for the launch of the orbiter Columbia on Shuttle Mis... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Val...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Valery Ivanovich Tokarev, who represents the Russian Space Agency, waves as he is assisted by a suit technician in donning his launch and entry... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, a suit technician adjusts the...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, a suit technician adjusts the helmet of STS-100 Mission Specialist John L. Phillips. He and the rest of the crew Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-110 Pilot Stephen N. Frick waves wh...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-110 Pilot Stephen N. Frick waves while a suit technician makes final adjustments on his launch and entry suit for the launch scheduled for 4:40 p.m. EDT. Frick is making his ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-120 crew don their launch and entry suits before heading to Launch Pad 39A for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery to the International S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Leopold Eyharts talks to the suit technician helping him put on his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. A Europea... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's K...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Mission Specialist Gregory Chamitoff talks with a suit technician before getting into the harness for his launc... More
STS-99 Mission Specialist Gerhard Thiele, with the European Space Agen...
STS-99 Mission Specialist Gerhard Thiele, with the European Space Agency, gets help from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building, as part of flight crew equipment fit check, prior to his trip ... More
With the help of a suit technician, STS-91 Pilot Dominic L. Gorie dons...
With the help of a suit technician, STS-91 Pilot Dominic L. Gorie dons his flight suit in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building prior to the crew walkout and transport to Launch Pad 39A. Gorie is on his fi... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-99 Mission Specialist Jan...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-99 Mission Specialist Janet Lynn Kavandi (Ph.D.) is helped by a suit technician during flight crew equipment fit check prior to her trip to Launch Pad 39A. The crew ... More