Astronaut Jessica Watkins assists astronaut Josh Kutryk as he practices suiting up in a spacesuit

jsc2026e037789 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center), backed up by training specialists, assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk as he practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity.