Me at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, in front of the massive training pool - thanks for the great picture & tour Paul!

They have a mock-up of most of the int'l space station in there. The water is 40 feet deep and crystal clear.

Inside the Orion trainer, it looks quite fancy and modern

Two astronauts come out of the water at the end of a training exercise

Support divers look on as the astronauts come out of their suits

Astronaut Chris Cassidy getting his suit taken off

Astronaut Chris Cassidy taking his suit off just after a training session

Chris Cassidy talking to basketball star Blake Griffin, who's also visiting the NBL

The mock Orion capsule, used for NBL and splashdown training

The controlled-access doors to the actual Mission Control Center

Here is it! Mission Control, or Flight Control Room 1 (FCR-1)

Originally used for Apollo missions, the room has been upgraded and is currently the main ISS control room

On the door outside FCR-1. It's crazy the number of missions that have been supported out of here.

This is the "Blue" FCR.

ISS operations were out of here before being moved to FCR-1. It is now being used for training, including training for Artemis missions.

This is the "White" FCR

The White FCR (in this photo) is currently running simulations for people preparing to eventually work in the main ISS control room. They also run large-scale training simulations for upcoming Artemis missions here.

Looking down the hallway in the mission control building. Every photo is from a separate Shuttle mission to build the ISS

Me with the historic Apollo flight control room (FCR-2)

Inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, I get a tour of the old Shuttle trainer

My awesome tour guide John, leads the way into the shuttle

Inside the main shuttle crew area, we see lots of cargo and equipment.