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Neutral Buoyancy
 
Two astronauts wearing white suits float in a large tank of water

Two astronauts work in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Image Credit: NASA

       the state of keeping a person or thing under water from sinking or floating, using weights or floats


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The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is a pool filled with over a million gallons of water.

Working in the neutral buoyancy laboratory helps astronauts train for spacewalks.


More Information:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/presskits/ffs_gallery_nbl.html
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/64574main_ffs_gallery_nbl_image4.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/presskits/ffs_gallery_nbl_image2.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/presskits/ffs_gallery_nbl_image1_prt.htm


 
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