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Live From Aquarius - Fabien Cousteau & Dr. Sylvia Earle
Mission Aquarius
From 60ft beneath the sea, Fabien Cousteau and Dr. Sylvia Earle discuss the state of the ocean and the importance of Aquarius Reef Base. This is Aquarius' last scheduled mission after 20 years as a research base for studying coral reefs, sea life and the health of the ocean. This is the raw, unedited feed from a live event recorded on July 16th, 2012.
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Aquanaut Olympic Games 2012
Mission Aquarius
Even the Aquanauts are caught up in Olympic fever. They have decided to create their own Olympic games to celebrate the 50 year tradition of living in the ocean at Aquarius Reef Base. Since 1993, America's "inner space station" has helped us understand the disappearance of coral reefs, train NASA astronauts for space and research sea sponges, the source of two cancer drugs. The discoveries made at Aquarius have opened our eyes to how little we really know about the vast complexity of the ocean. It is one of the planet's most important brain trusts, and this is part of its last scheduled mission.
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Mission Aquarius - Behind The Scenes
Mission Aquarius
Go behind the scenes during NASA's NEEMO 16 mission and watch the One World One Ocean crew shoot with multiple formats - including IMAX, an underwater 3D RED Epic, DSLRs and GoPro cameras. Filmed at the last underwater sea lab in the world - Aquarius Reef Base in Key Largo, Florida. All 16 NEEMO missions have been at Aquarius because astronauts can live inside America's "inner space station" and work on the ocean floor all day without surfacing. The ocean environment combined with unlimited time to work at depth and living inside an undersea base is closest analog to learning how to work on lunar, planetary and even asteroid surfaces. Unfortunately, this may be NEEMO's last mission due federal budget cuts at NOAA, which is eliminating Aquarius from the 2013 budget.
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Aquarius Wedding - Marriage Under the Sea
Mission Aquarius
What is science without understanding? What is the intellect without emotion? What are humans, if not vessels for love? Come along with Aquarius Reef Base's Associate Director, Otto Rutten, as we resurrect his home video that shows why Aquarius is the complete undersea venue for everything from sea sponge research to... weddings. This was the first and only marriage in Aquarius. Vows were exchanged in 1996 and the couple is still going strong after all these years!
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Sponge Science - Research at Aquarius Reef Base
Mission Aquarius
"Coral reefs are like the rainforests of the sea," said aquanaut and marine scientist Mark Patterson. And sea sponges are one of the main trees in that forest. Already the source of components for two cancer drugs, sponges are one of our best chances to find the cure for cancer, heart disease and other human ailments. And they filter all the water flowing over the reef every couple of days. Armed with an Exo 2 water quality probe, the aquanuat team is working to understand this critically important organism.
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OpenROV Explores Aquarius
Mission Aquarius
Introducing an open-source, tele-robotic submarine with live streaming video. You control it from the surface, and you see what it sees. Gone are the days of super expensive remotely operated vehicles. Now Open ROV is crowd-sourcing exploration, because a lot of amazing discoveries were made by chance, and the more people out there exploring, the more chance we have of understanding the mysteries of the ocean. Join us on the first real test of this exciting new technology in a dynamic ocean environment, at Aquarius. "It shouldn't take a research grant to do exploration, it should take curiosity," says creator Eric Stackpole.
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Preparing for Armageddon - NASA Trains Underwater at Aquarius
Mission Aquarius
The ocean floor is the best place on earth to train for space. NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) has sent 16 missions to Aquarius since 2001, and led to invaluable astronaut learning and training. Being weightless and saturated changes the mind set. The aquanauts know they can't surface - they might as well be on the moon. The June 2012 mission shown here focused on exploring asteroids, and may be the last NASA trip to the underwater space base.
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Aquarius Online - Broadcasting Under the Sea
Mission Aquarius
At the Aquarius Reef Base, NASA trains astronauts for space missions, practicing communications to astronauts in orbit, at Aquarius. Science and research missions at Aquarius have also broadcast live streams to thousands of students in classrooms, all from diver's helmets 60 feet underwater. How is this possible? With a connected version of Motorola's point-to-point system, capable of combining several high definition feeds through a Tricaster portable live switching unit, connected to a life support buoy through ten miles of cable, of course.
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Why We Need The Ocean - Dr. Sylvia Earle at Aquarius
Mission Aquarius
From 60ft beneath the sea, Dr. Sylvia Earle sends a wake up call about the plight of our ocean and why mankind needs it to survive. This is Aquarius' last scheduled mission after 20 years as a research base for studying coral reefs, sea life and the health of the ocean. Why do we need the ocean? It supplies us with over half the oxygen on our planet. It holds 97% of the water on earth, not to mention untold species and discoveries. Simply put, our lives depend on it. Watch this clip from a live event recorded with Her Deepness Sylvia Earle, one of the most compelling ocean advocates in the world. It's a wake up call to all of us: the ocean is our lifeline.
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Watch Desk - Keeping Aquanauts Safe 24/7
Mission Aquarius
Behind every aquanaut is a team of highly skilled, dedicated support technicians that manage the complex life support, communication and research systems that make each mission possible. The watch desk serves as the central nervous system of Aquarius Reef Base, which has become part of the reef and has been described as a living organism. While the aquanauts are pushing the edge 60 feet down, the watch desk team makes sure they have everything they need to do their job and come home safe each day.
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Pressure Pots - Dry Towels Undersea
Mission Aquarius
How do you get dry towels to an underwater base? Join divers from the Aquarius support crew as they swim down with pressure pots holding essential goods, to the Aquanauts 60 feet below. This short piece gives a fascinating look at how living in an underwater lab like Aquarius actually works. Just make sure that lid's on tight on the way back up from the pressurized environment, or you might have a blowout!
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Entering Aquarius - Undersea Laboratory Tour
Mission Aquarius
Training for living on the ocean floor is over and it is time to move into Aquarius Reef Base - the last underwater habitat in the world. Take the first tour of the mission as the Aquanauts get settled and adjust to their new home for seven days.
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Flooding Drill - Aquanaut Helmet Training
Mission Aquarius
As part of an intensive safety and training program, aquanauts preparing for a mission to the Aquarius Reef Base perform a number of technical dive skills tests. The dive helmet flooding drill in this video prepares them to stay alive and self-rescue if their helmet becomes flooded with water. And it shows why not just anyone can be an aquanaut. Don't try this next time you're 60 feet underwater.
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Introducing Mission Aquarius - Underwater Laboratory
Mission Aquarius
One World One Ocean presents, in association with Liquid Pictures 3D -- Mission Aquarius -- a project of Aquarius Reef Base. On July 16, 2012, One World One Ocean joined a team of aquanauts led by Dr. Sylvia Earle for a 6-day expedition to the Aquarius Reef base located in the heart of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Since 1993, America's "Inner Space Station," Aquarius has helped us understand the disappearance of coral reefs, train NASA astronauts for space, and research sea sponges, the source of cancer drugs. It is one of the planet's most important brain trusts, and its budget has been cut. Join us on what could be the final mission to Aquarius.
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As part of an intensive safety and training program, aquanauts preparing for a mission to the Aquarius Reef Base perform a number of technical dive skills tests. The dive helmet flooding drill in this video prepares them to stay alive and self-rescue if their helmet becomes flooded with water. And it shows why not just anyone can be an aquanaut. Don't try this next time you're 60 feet underwater.
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