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Hydrolab Training

Hydrolab Training
Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (bottom), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, rehearsed an extravehicular activity with a full-scale training model of the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module.

Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency, and astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (bottom), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, rehearsed an extravehicular activity with a full-scale training model of the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. SCUBA-equipped divers in the water assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, which prepared them for work on the exterior of the station. Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin are attired in a training version of his Russian Orlan spacesuit.Image Credit: NASA