 | S98-08195 (March 1998) --- Standing on a mobile platform, astronaut Catherine G. Coleman is assisted with final touches for suiting up for a training exercise in the deep pool of JSC's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Coleman was participating in a simulation of a contingency space walk in preparation for the STS-93 mission next year. The mission specialist will join four other NASA astronauts for the Space Shuttle Columbia flight, scheduled for spring. The training version of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) that Coleman is wearing is weighted and otherwise accommodated to afford neutral buoyancy in the deep pool. |
 | S98-09499 (6-24-98) --- Astronaut Eileen M. Collins gets a refresher course in water survival as part of her preparation for her role as commander in next year's scheduled STS-93 mission. Wearing a training version of the partial pressure launch and entry suit for Shuttle flights, Collins watches as a crew member simulates a parachute jump into the pool of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center's Sonny Carter Training Center. |
 | S98-09501 (6-14-98) --- Astronaut Eileen M. Collins participates in a simulation of an emergency egress from a shuttle during preparations for her role as mission commander for next year's STS-93 flight. Collins was joined by four other crewmembers for the training session, held in and around the deep Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) pool at the Johnson Space Center's Sonny Carter Training Center. |
 | S98-09507 (6-24-98) --- Attired in a training version of the shuttle partial pressure launch and entry suit, astronaut Steven A. Hawley participates in a water survival/emergency egress training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center's Sonny Carter Training Center. The mission specialist will join four other astronauts for a springtime 1999 mission in Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. |
 | S98-09838 (6-29-98) --- Astronaut Michel Tognini lowers himself from a simulated shuttle in trouble during an emergency egress training session in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Tognini, a mission specialist representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), will join four other astronauts for a scheduled five-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in the spring of next year. |
 | S98-09839 (6-29-98) --- Mission Specialist Catherine G. Coleman lowers herself from a simulated shuttle in trouble during an emergency egress training session in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Coleman will be joined by four other astronauts for a scheduled five-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in the spring of next year. |
 | S98-09844 (6-29-98) --- Working near the full fuselage trainer, astronaut Catherine G. Coleman simulates an emergency egress from the shuttle during a training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration Facility. She is assisted here by technician Rick Ortega of Johnson Engineering. The full fuselage trainer is a full-scale shuttle mockup used by crew members to prepare for their assigned missions in space. Coleman was joined by her four STS-93 crewmembers for the training session. The five are scheduled for launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in the spring of 1999. |
 | S98-10983 (7-30-98) --- The five astronauts assigned to STS-93 pose for a crew photo during a break in training at JSC's Systems Integration Facility. From the left are astronauts Michel Tognini, mission specialist representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES); Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist; Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot; Eileen M. Collins, mission commander; and Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist. The five were involved in a training session on the mid deck of one of the crew trainer facilities. |
 | S98-E-05733 (7 JULY 1998) --- Astronaut Jeffrey S. Ashby, STS-93 pilot, is pictured aboard NASA's KC-135 "zero-gravity" aircraft. The aircraft, based at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center (JSC), frequently flies a series of parabola patterns over the Gulf of Mexico to afford opportunities for astronauts and investigators to experience brief periods of weigtlessness. Ashby, connected to the harness of an exercise treadmill device, will join four other NASA astronauts for the STS-93 mission early next year. |
 | S92-47167 Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist |
