Houston, Texas
Vince & Heather outside the NBL
NBL Safety Award
SCTF - NBL
NBL emblems, present & past
H&V at the NBL
6.2 million gallon pool
200 feet long, 40 feet deep (the pool, not my brother)
Bridge cranes, each capable of lifting 10 tons -- these move practice equipment mockups in and out of the pool
SCUBA gear
Mission Emblems & Mural
Underwater signs
Construction of the NBL
European Space Agency's NBL
Japanese Space Agency NBL
Russian Space Agency NBL
Neutral Buoyancy Lab Control Room
Main ISS truss (across the center) To the right, American ISS modules... far right, Japanese KIBO Module mockup
Full-sized Space Shuttle payload bay mockup inside the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
Rigs & Tethers
Hyperbaric Chamber
Hypobaric Chamber
Spare equipment added to the pool when needed for certain training and/or repair exercises
Russian ISS truss segment
Docking port hatch - equipment added to the pool when needed for certain training exercises
Spare equipment added to the pool when needed for certain repair and/or training exercises
