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Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, is submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist Walheim in his rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare him for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.