PIX4648562: Astronaut training - Astronaut training - Astronaut Christer Fuglesang, from STS-116 mission, photography in the Houston pool (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory or NBL) wearing a training suit for outings in space. January 7, 2003. January 7, 2003 Astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS - 116 mission specialist, wearing a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participates in an underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the 19th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Fuglesang was joined by astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, for the simulation, conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648442: Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Discovery is manoeuvring seen from ISS 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuvers to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. In his cargo compartment, the Raffaello module. Space Shuttle Discovery was about 600 feet from the International Space Station when cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, photographed the spacecraft as it approached the Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, STS-114 commander, guided the Shuttle through the flip. The photos will be analyzed by engineers on the ground as additional data to evaluate the condition of Discovery's heat shield. The Italian - built Raffaello Multi - Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is visible in the cargo bay / Bridgeman Images