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Astronauts training

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sts11-61003

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 26 cm

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang and astronaut Robert L. Curbeam (partially obscured), both STS-116 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang and Curbeam are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers during this training session. April 2006.

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2006 - ASTRONAUT - CURBEAM ROBERT - EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNIT - FUGLESANG CHRISTER - HUMAN - LYNDON JOHNSON SPACE CENTER - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - NBL - NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LABORATORY - POOL - SPACE - SPACE CENTER - SPACE SUIT - STS-116 - TRAINING - USA -