NASA Photo ID: S92-43335           File Name: 10065386.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 08/18/92
  Title: STS-53 MS Voss, in EMU, in lowered into JSC's WETF pool for EVA simulation
  Description:
  STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) James
  S.  Voss, wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), is lowered into
  JSC's  Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool.  Voss
  waves to  his daughter standing on the poolside as the platform he is
  positioned on is  submerged in the pool.  Technicians on the poolside and
  SCUBA-equipped divers  in the water monitor the activities.  Once
  underwater, Voss will participate  in contingency extravehicular activity
  (EVA) procedures.               
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  CHILDREN                                
  CREWS                                   
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  HELMETS                                 
  NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATION             
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  STS-53                                  
  WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING         
  

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