Astronaut Soichi Noguchi and Stephen K. Robinson, partially obscured, both STS-114 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory NBL near the Johnson Space Center JSC. Noguchi and Robinson are wearing the training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit EMU spacesuit. Divers are in the water to assist the astronauts in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station ISS. Noguchi represents Japan's National Space Development Agency NASDA.
