NEEMO 19: Training Day 6
In this update from ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, the NEEMO 19 crew checkout the decompression chamber – for use in case they need to evacuate the Aquarius underwater habitat in a hurry.
NEEMO – NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations – trains astronauts for life in space. Living and working in an underwater base is similar to being on a space station.
NEEMO’s underwater habitat off Florida acts as makeshift a space base for astronauts to make regular ‘waterwalks’ in full scuba gear. Both underwater missions plan sorties for the astronauts to simulate spacewalks.
More about NEEMO:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/NEEMO
More about Andreas Mogensen:
http://andreasmogensen.esa.int
NASA’s NEEMO website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NEEMO/