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NEEMO 15 Crew Journal

October 26, 2011

NASA_NEEMO (NASA_NEEMO)
Welcome home NEEMO 15! http://pic.twitter.com/eZVfcqS1

NASA_NEEMO (NASA_NEEMO)
The NEEMO 15 crew is safe and sound at the @ReefBase!

NASA_NEEMO (NASA_NEEMO)
Crew has left Aquarius on their way to the awaiting support boats. On dry land soon.

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Crew sad to leave early, but feel we got a lot of objectives accomplished. Overnight decompression fine. See you at surface!

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Aquarius Crew just spoke with Space Station Crew. Amazing to have sea-to-space communication!

October 25, 2011

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Video presentation of the Sea Orbiter project. Very ambitious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qvE8zkEeQ

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Preliminary tests of positioning an aquanaut with a submarine. Very cool! http://pic.twitter.com/5txxBF8x

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Had a talk with Jacques Rougerie, architect of the Sea Orbiter underwater habitat project. Check it out! http://www.seaorbiter.com/The+Project

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO "Potting"' the way deliveries are sent to and from Aquarius. Sturdy canister! http://pic.twitter.com/xw0D6nqz

October 24, 2011

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Live public event with Onishi-san. The kids ask the best questions! http://twitter.com/Astro_DavidS/status/128648423250460672/photo/1

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Today we practiced a simulated medical emergency. It was a great exercise of teamwork! http://pic.twitter.com/Cxt7giDG

October 23, 2011

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Aquanaut Takuya Onishi writing daily report as a Jelly fish swims by. What a surreal place to work! http://pic.twitter.com/UV6lPTa9

Jeremy R. Hansen (Astro_Jeremy)
@NASA_NEEMO My time as NEEMO Capcom has come to an end. Was a great experience, it was a pleasure to work with such an amazing Team!

NASA_NEEMO (NASA_NEEMO)
EVAs for Shannon and @Astro_DavidS are complete, they are heading back to the habitat. http://pic.twitter.com/JSdMx5oL

NASA_NEEMO (NASA_NEEMO)
Read the latest blog from Aquanaut @Astro_DavidS where he talks about the importance of teamwork during the mission! http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/postdetail.jsp?blogname=analogsfieldtesting&postid=65184

NASA_NEEMO (NASA_NEEMO)
Commander Walker and @Astro_DavidS are out on simulated EVA this morning. watch them live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/NEEMO-15

October 22, 2011

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Long day, got lots done! Preparing our underwater cameras for tomorrow's dives. http://pic.twitter.com/QYEE8rzZ

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO @NEEMO_Steve about to leave Aquarius, ready for the afternoon's EVA! http://pic.twitter.com/f1V5r61l

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMOLooking forward to the morning EVA! Checking out the diving helmets. pic.twitter.com/HcsTOTI5

October 20, 2011

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Mission Commander Dr Shannon Walker back from a helmet dive outside the Aquarius habitat! pic.twitter.com/pWtmbdFo

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Aquarius Habitat crew busy unpacking and setting up for the two-weeks mission. Our EVA uniforms! pic.twitter.com/kIhGHVjt

Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy)
@NASA_NEEMO we r go! Crew heading down to habitat for NEEMO mission! yfrog.com/es4s3rj

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Crew ready for imminent splash-down! Life support buoy connected to Aquarius habitat in bckgnd http://t.co/6VnbhMRe

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO NASA Planetary Scientist Margarita Marinova helping out with dive gear. It's the big day! http://t.co/D18hlgTq

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO Good weather this AM, NURC staff ready dive boat for splashdown! Emerg recomp chamber set onboard. http://t.co/V9A9Y6lH

October 18, 2011

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO The mobile Mission Control Center that will run NEEMO 15. Same as used for DRATS and PLRP. pic.twitter.com/sb80Km9O

Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy)
The NEWTSUBs will be used in @NASA_NEEMO to simulate a space exploration vehicle that astronauts will use at asteroid. yfrog.com/nvj3mlfj

Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy)
Preparing subs for @NASA_NEEMO mission on Liberty Star at KSC 2Day. This Ship used to retrieve SRBs from Shuttle. yfrog.com/nuz2hijj

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
@NASA_NEEMO RDI Interview in NEEMO mission control yfrog.com/oed7vzj

October 15, 2011

Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy)
@NASA_NEEMO running crew thru dry run B4 saturation Mon. Checking equip for asteroid exploration. yfrog.com/mftg5oj

October 14, 2011

Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy)
@NASA_NEEMO Steve Squyres diving 2day preparing to enter saturation on Monday. yfrog.com/j2nuxsuj

David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS)
Takuya Onishi getting ready for a helmet dive to the Aquarius habitat. @NASA_NEEMO yfrog.com/oed7vzj

October 13, 2011

@NASA_NEEMO @Astro_DavidS is Ready to enter water 4 1st super light helmet trg dive! Have fun! http://yfrog.com/j2ydjij

NEEMO's Prof Squyres helping JAXA's Takuya Onishi on for his first helmet dive. @nasa_NEEMO http://yfrog.com/o0fg8eej