Attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, NASA astronauts Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus (partially obscured), both STS-135 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers are in the water to assist Walheim and Magnus in their rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.
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Attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, NASA astronauts Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus (partially obscured), both STS-135 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers are in the water to assist Walheim and Magnus in their rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.