Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
An astronaut training in the NBL
EstablishedApril 1995 (1995-April)[1]
LocationHouston, Texas, United States
Operating agency
NASA
Websitewww.nasa.gov/johnson/neutral-buoyancy-laboratory/

The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) is an astronaut training facility and neutral buoyancy pool operated by NASA and located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility, near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.[2] The NBL's main feature is a large indoor pool of water,[3] in which astronauts may perform simulated EVA tasks in preparation for upcoming missions. Trainees wear suits designed to provide neutral buoyancy to simulate the microgravity that astronauts experience during spaceflight.

  1. ^ "NBL Timeline". Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ Strauss, S (July 2008). "Space medicine at the NASA-JSC, neutral buoyancy laboratory". Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 79 (7): 732–3. PMID 18619137.
  3. ^ "Behind the scenes training". NASA. May 30, 2003. Archived from the original on November 24, 2002. Retrieved March 22, 2011.