On Friday half our team went through helicopter underwater escape training. Hopefully we'll never need it, but we do spend a lot of time flying over water so it's an important skill for us to have! Video:Jake Osborne | Kākāpō Recovery

My highlight of the week: helicopter-under water escape training 🌊🚁 After returning from space, astronauts typically land with their spacecraft in the ocean. We are retrieved by an incredible team of Flight Surgeons and Crew Support Officers, who pick us up by helicopter and bring us safely back to land. And as always, we also prepare for things that might go wrong there. Training to escape from a capsized helicopter is essential not only for astronauts, but for the entire crew involved. In th

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