Aquarius: An Analog to Space Travel

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Aquarius: An Analog to Space Travel

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Join us live from underwater, off the coast of the Florida Keys, in a submersible deep-sea habitat called the Aquarius. NASA is interested in finding out if this facility could help us understand and prepare for long-term space travel. To learn how living underwater parallels living in space, astronauts will be training in the Aquarius habitat. During their stay on Aquarius, the astronauts answer questions about their adventures in space and in the underwater habitat (and how they compare), while you are viewing footage of the astronauts and the Aquarius at work.

Education Levels:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Biological And Life Sciences, Ecology, Oceanography, Space Sciences, Technology

Resource Type:

Event, Project

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

NASA Ames Research Center

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Keywords:

Webcasts, Underwater habitats, Under water habitats, Submersible, Aquarius, Astronauts, Living in space, Extreme environments, Microgravity, ISS, International Space Station

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers, Middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers

Language:

English

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Essential Resources:

To learn more about the history of Aquarius; and follow the missions and adventures of the world's only underwater laboratory; check out: http://www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius/.; NASA expert Bill Todd has already had the opportunity to live and work aboard the Aquarius submersible deep-sea habitat. To learn more about his adventures; read his field journal at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/journals/space/todd/

Aquarius: An Analog to Space Travel

Aquarius: An Analog to Space Travel

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