International Space Station Astronauts Jerry Ross And Jim Newman Train For One

F 342703 003 12/05/98 International Space Station Astronauts Jerry Ross And Jim Newman Train For One Of The Three Spacewalks They Will Perform As They Begin Assembly Of The International Space Station Aboard Space Shuttle Mission Sts-88 In December 3, 1998. Ross And Newman Are Shown December 10, 1997 In The Sonny Carter Training Facility, A Giant New Swimming Pool-Type Facility Opened In 1997 At The Johnson Space Center Specifically To Accommodate Training For Station Assembly. The Spacewalks By Ross And Newman Will Finalize The Connection Of A Module Called Node 1 To Be Launched Aboard Sts-88 And The Functional Cargo Block, Which Will Have Been Launched Earlier Aboard A Russian Rocket. In This View, A Mockup Of The Node Is On The Right In The Foreground And A Mockup Of The Fgb Is On The Left In The Background. (Photo By Nasa/Getty Images)