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STS-118 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Astronauts Clayton Anderson and Richard Mastracchio (partially obscured) are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
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JSC2006-E-50944 (28 Nov. 2006) --- Astronauts Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 15 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, and Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio (partially obscured), STS-118 mission specialist, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Anderson and Mastracchio are attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 12/04/2006
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