Johnson Space Center
01-27-2011, 07:05 AM
#21
I'm in B329.....
I can remember when the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) was in B29 WETF (Weightless environment training facility) the pool is now filled in, and the building is now offices.....
Been out here going on 16 years. Super place to work, and be a part of the space program. The ingenuity of America never ceases to amaze me....if you can dream it....we can build it here at JSC....
T,
I can remember when the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) was in B29 WETF (Weightless environment training facility) the pool is now filled in, and the building is now offices.....
Been out here going on 16 years. Super place to work, and be a part of the space program. The ingenuity of America never ceases to amaze me....if you can dream it....we can build it here at JSC....
T,
01-27-2011, 07:48 AM
#22
Supposed to be the largest indoor pool in the world. It is 20' above ground and 20' below ground. When they put the training articles in there, the walls expand so that the water level doesn't rise and flood the place.
Who do you work for? I worked in bld 12 for about 3 years in the mid 80's. Started my newest venture with Lockheed in 92 in bld 13, moved to the LM buildings in 98 and back onsite in bld 10 in 05 with Jacobs.
I'm in B329.....
I can remember when the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) was in B29 WETF (Weightless environment training facility) the pool is now filled in, and the building is now offices.....
Been out here going on 16 years. Super place to work, and be a part of the space program. The ingenuity of America never ceases to amaze me....if you can dream it....we can build it here at JSC....
T,
I can remember when the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) was in B29 WETF (Weightless environment training facility) the pool is now filled in, and the building is now offices.....
Been out here going on 16 years. Super place to work, and be a part of the space program. The ingenuity of America never ceases to amaze me....if you can dream it....we can build it here at JSC....
T,
01-27-2011, 08:25 AM
#23
I'm in B329.....
I can remember when the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) was in B29 WETF (Weightless environment training facility) the pool is now filled in, and the building is now offices.....
Been out here going on 16 years. Super place to work, and be a part of the space program. The ingenuity of America never ceases to amaze me....if you can dream it....we can build it here at JSC....
T,
I can remember when the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Lab) was in B29 WETF (Weightless environment training facility) the pool is now filled in, and the building is now offices.....
Been out here going on 16 years. Super place to work, and be a part of the space program. The ingenuity of America never ceases to amaze me....if you can dream it....we can build it here at JSC....
T,
I like this moto "If you can dream it....we can build it "
I would have loved to get in that pool lol
That awesome!!
01-27-2011, 08:50 AM
#27
Manned Space Center 1965, later to be renamed Johson Space Center. Look how clean Clear Lake was.
Great view of earth-1965
Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan 4 spaceflight, is shown during his egress from the spacecraft. His face is covered by a shaded visor to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. White became the first American astronaut to walk in space. He remained outside the spacecraft for 21 minutes during the third revolution of the Gemini-4 mission. He wears a specially designed spacesuit for the extravehicular activity (EVA). In his right hand, he carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU) with which he controlled his movements while in space. He was attached to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped together with gold tape to form one cord. He wears an emergency oxygen supply chest pack. Astronaut James A. McDivitt is command pilot for the Gemini-4 mission. EDITOR'S NOTE: Astronaut Edward H. White II died in the Apollo/Saturn 204 fire at Cape Kennedy on Jan. 27, 1967.
Great view of earth-1965
Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan 4 spaceflight, is shown during his egress from the spacecraft. His face is covered by a shaded visor to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. White became the first American astronaut to walk in space. He remained outside the spacecraft for 21 minutes during the third revolution of the Gemini-4 mission. He wears a specially designed spacesuit for the extravehicular activity (EVA). In his right hand, he carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU) with which he controlled his movements while in space. He was attached to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped together with gold tape to form one cord. He wears an emergency oxygen supply chest pack. Astronaut James A. McDivitt is command pilot for the Gemini-4 mission. EDITOR'S NOTE: Astronaut Edward H. White II died in the Apollo/Saturn 204 fire at Cape Kennedy on Jan. 27, 1967.
01-27-2011, 09:14 AM
#30
Launching!
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Friendswood, TX
Posts: 246
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
well i figure the day I'm ready to get fired or laid off I'm going to run out there and do a cannon ball in my boxers! its on camera 24/7 so there will be a video lol
01-27-2011, 09:40 AM
#32
Launching!
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Friendswood, TX
Posts: 246
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have brought my 11 year old daughter and she is like ok? I work in a engineering lab (ISS power lab). I showed her the pool and all she said was can i get in? I said no lol and she was done with it! kids don't seem to find it to cool. or most anyway
01-27-2011, 09:56 AM
#33
I work in a big *** machine shop. I have brought both of my kids out here a few years back. My son (now 20) doesn't really get into machining, but my daughter (now13) is leading her class in wood shop. She wants to become a machinist and work along side of her dad. 
01-27-2011, 10:12 AM
#35
I work in a big *** machine shop. I have brought both of my kids out here a few years back. My son (now 20) doesn't really get into machining, but my daughter (now13) is leading her class in wood shop. She wants to become a machinist and work along side of her dad.
I have always been a space type person. So seeing and learning about new things and the history of Space is just cool to me.
01-27-2011, 11:01 AM
#36
Been going on for a while
S82-28838 (30 March 1982) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-3) touches down on the Northrup Strip at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, marking the first time in its three-flight history that it has touched New Mexico soil. T-38 chase plane passenger, Mission Specialist-Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who also shot some launch photography this flight, recorded a number of frames on 70mm film. Touchdown was shortly after 9 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, March 30, 1982.
S82-28838 (30 March 1982) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-3) touches down on the Northrup Strip at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, marking the first time in its three-flight history that it has touched New Mexico soil. T-38 chase plane passenger, Mission Specialist-Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who also shot some launch photography this flight, recorded a number of frames on 70mm film. Touchdown was shortly after 9 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, March 30, 1982.
01-27-2011, 11:31 AM
#38
I recognize some folks in the NBL picture, know quite a few of them.....
Not to bring the thread down, but please take a moment to remember all our brave astronauts, true pioneers of the new dawn of human space flight and exploration....... we just had a flyby in remembrance...
It was 25 years ago today that the Challenger tragedy occurred, 73 seconds into liftoff, that took the life of all 7 astronauts......
............RIP Challenger 7...and god speed.....
T,
