NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab
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Uploaded by benwl on Aug 13, 2007
NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory located at the Johnson Space Center in Houston TX is the world's largest indoor pool. Astronauts use the pool to practice EVA's and installing various components on the International Space Station. This video is sped up 8x. The large white cylinder being transported in the video is s high fidelity mockup of the US Harmony node 2. It provides a passageway between three station science experiment facilities: the U.S. Destiny Laboratory, the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, and the European Columbus Laboratory.
The aluminum node is 7.2 meters (23.6 feet) long and 4.4 meters (14.5 feet) in diameter. Its pressurized volume is 70 cubic meters (2472 cubic feet, and its launch weight is approximately 30,000 pounds (13,600 kilograms). The real module is slated to launch on STS-120.
The support SCUBA divers can be seen on the surface of the water. They breath Nitrox (air enriched with more oxygen) out of twin SCUBA tanks so that they can stay under water for up to 3 hours while they support the astronauts.
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What I wouldn't give to get about the ISS, even just into this pool for training. I'm smart enough to excel mankind to the next level. But. unfortunately. it'll never be me.
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@Narutrix4545 It was like world's biggest pools or something.
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@Jellybeawesome Do you remember what channel and what show it was called...? I don't remember, and I just forgot. :/
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i saw this on TV!
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Yes this video is real. I worked there as well for 3 years. The previous post about not taking payloads over the arm is also correct. Thats a million dollar toy. =)
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I can assure you this video is real. I know because I worked as a diver on the Reconfiguration team for 9 years. Usually the training would end at 3pm and thats when we start transforming the pool for the next training day. You may be asking yourselves why the crane operator decided to take the mock up to other side of the pool before going south with it. The reason is because the ISS robotic arm was in his direct path to the payload bay. Operators are not allowed to take loads over the arm.
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It is the world largest indoor pool! NASA Rocks!!
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LOL, it is definitely not fake... I just went there and also did some filming in different areas. I'm uploading a video response from a different angle. this place is so awesome!! :)
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i think its fake!
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wouldn'd you just love to go for a swim
XxnesiexX 3 years ago 8
The lab is deeper than most swiming pools, plus it's the largets INDOOR pool. The one in chile is proablyl outdoors.
mmysama 3 years ago 5