NBL experimental photographic support: STS-111-UF2

JSC2001-02996 (December 2001) --- Astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz practice procedures to be used during space walks scheduled to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS). The two STS-111 mission specialists, wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit, make use of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) giant pool to rehearse their assigned chores. While the Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked to the orbital outpost, two space walks are scheduled to hook up the mobile base system, the second part of the mobile platform for the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm and other assembly tasks. Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency. STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit the orbital outpost.