| This picture shows the Hydrolab at Star City. The pool is about 12m deep, filled with warmed fresh water. The modules to the right are on a platform that rises and falls, allowing them to be raised out of the water for configuration and maintenance, and lowered into the water for EVA training. Cosmonauts use this facility to practice their moves during space walks, since hanging suspended in the water is similar to weightlessness in some ways. An EVA can last up to seven hours at a stretch, so the training dives are for the same length of time. |
