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News Archive / Tagged: Neutral Buoyancy Lab

  • Raytheon continues support for astronaut training at NBL

    Tomasz NowakowskiJune 30th, 2017

    NASA has awarded Raytheon Company a new contract to continue mission support at the agency’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston, Texas. The new $154-million contract allows the company to provide technical and engineering support at the facility for the next seven years.

  • Take the plunge: Former astronaut talks about NASA’s NBL

    Jason RhianJanuary 30th, 2017

    JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas — NASA continues to use one of its Texas-based assets to provide astronauts with training essential to the missions they conduct on-orbit. The Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Lab is home to the massive pool where astronauts go underwater to simulate the microgravity environment in space.