Weightless Environment Training
Astronaut Michael Foale being lowered into a buoyancy tank during training for shuttle mission STS-84, (1997), at the Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas. He is testing The Russian Orlan space suit in the Weightless Environment Training Facility, (WET-F), assisted by several scuba divers. Foale was preparing for a stay as the guest researcher on the Russian space station Mir.
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