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I'm Faruq Sabur, I work at Johnson Space Center
in the EVA Group and we train astronauts how

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to do space walks.

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In EVA Operations, we support the crew in
planning EVA's and training for them, and

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then we support them in the Mission Control
Center when they're actually flying and executing

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those missions.

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Other aspects of our job include evaluating
new hardware and hardware that they may use

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in order to successfully complete their space
walks.

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Here at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab the major
objective is training astronauts how to do

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space walks.

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This is the only environment at NASA where
the crew members can be...that most simulates

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zero gravity in space.

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There are mockups in the water that simulate
the physical size of the space station that

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the crew members use to translate and perform
their task in a water setting.

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What I do here is I help prepare the crew
members for their water runs; helping them

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prepare their bags.

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I also help them write out the plan of task
for what they are going to be doing in the

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water, and then I help lead them through as
a Capcom would when they are performing the

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task in the water.

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My proudest personal accomplishment is working
with Increment 32 as the task instructor lead.

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I helped train the crew members, Suni Williams
and Aki Hoshide, from the beginning of their

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training process through their mission and
through all three of their EVAs.

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It was very rewarding to see the process from
beginning to end.

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I believe it's important to have diversity
in a work group because largely it helps to

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bring new ideas.