NASA astronaut training in a pool of water preparing to go to the Moon

In preparation for its return to the Moon in 2024, NASA has designed many special exercises for astronauts, including exercises in the water tank.

NASA recently released the latest training images of astronauts preparing to return to the Moon at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory , Johnson Space Center, Houston (USA).

The latest image of astronauts training at the Neutral Buoyancy lab for the mission to return to the Moon in 2024 - (Photo: NASA).

The agency said it is setting up the first tests to assess how astronauts adapt to the life and intensity of working on the Moon.

In fact, the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is a huge pool, the maximum capacity up to 23 million liters, 10 times more than an Olympic standard pool.

The astronauts will wear protective equipment and backpacks like in space, then conduct movement, perform experiments in the water environment. The water pressure in the room will be adjusted to be similar to the air pressure on the Moon, only 1/6 of the Earth.

For years, the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory has been the place where the first challenges for astronauts and experts who want to enter the universe, especially to work at the International Space Station - ISS.

NASA also said two astronauts are training at Neutral Buoyancy - Drew Feustel and Don Pettit, may be the chosen astronauts to the 2nd Moon.

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is the first challenge that NASA astronauts must overcome if they want to go into space - (Image: NASA).

Bringing people back to the Moon is one of many missions in NASA's Artemis mission, and is one of the important projects of the US aerospace industry. NASA is also aiming to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon.

Buzz Aldrin - the second astronaut to the Moon on Apollo 11 flight - said Artemis will motivate a new leap in aviation for the US in particular and the world in general, just like what happened. out in the 1970s after humans first landed on the Moon.

"Five decades have passed since the Apollo program was successful, now we continue to witness a new phase for the space industry, for Artemis," Aldrin told FOX News .