ESA Astronaut Philippe Perrin preparing for an NBL dive.

JSC2001-02931 (26 November 2001) --- Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit, is about to begin a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency. STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).