NASA Photo ID: S93-39735           File Name: 10092996.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 07/26/93
  Title: STS-61 crewmembers participate in neutral buoyancy training at MSFC
  Description:
  Astronaut Thomas D. Akers gets assistance in donning a training version of
  the Shuttle extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit prior to a
  training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at Marshall Space Flight
  Center (MSFC) (39735); Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton (foreground) and
  Thomas Akers, STS-61 mission specialists scheduled for extravehicular
  activity (EVA) duty, prepare for an underwater rehearsal session. Thornton
  recieves assistance from a technician in donning her EMU gloves (39736).
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE                  
  NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATION             
  STS-61
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