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Two astronauts and one diver underwater at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab

Diving into Discovery: LIVE! from NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab

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Event Information
Date & Time Tickets Price Location
Sunday, August 20 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST Available Free Virtual
About This Event

Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab and discover how physics and engineering can help to prepare for spaceflight!

 

NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) is a 6.2-million-gallon indoor pool designed to help simulate the weightlessness of space, here on Earth! Used primarily to train astronauts preparing for spacewalks, the NBL allows crews to rehearse complex activities and mission procedures around full-scale mockups of the International Space Station. Engineers and scientists also use the facility to test hardware and develop techniques for working in extreme environments. Join us LIVE from onsite at NBL for a behind-the-scenes tour during an actual training session for a rare deep dive into this one-of-a-kind underwater facility to discover how physics, engineering, and exploration are blended to prepare for spaceflight.

 

Live streamed via the Intrepid Museum’s Facebook, YouTube, and X, as well as NASASpaceflight’s YouTube and X, and Kerbal Space Academy’s Twitch.

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