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Training for the Moon at the bottom of a pool

Photo: NASA
Photo: NASA

In Houston, Texas, an underwater facility was revamped to train astronauts for upcoming Artemis Moon missions. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Sonny Carter Training Facility, where astronauts have practiced maneuvering in weightlessness for over 30 years, is now adapting its 40-foot-deep pool to mimic lunar conditions.