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NEEMO and Public Engagement

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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NASA’s Undersea Mission Submerges in the Atlantic

“An international crew of aquanauts is settling into its home on the ocean floor, where the team will spend 12 days testing concepts for a potential asteroid mission. The expedition is the 16th excursion of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO). The crew of four began its mission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Aquarius Reef Base undersea research habitat off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., at 11:04 a.m. EDT Monday.”

Challenger Center to host Exciting Interactive Webcasts with NASA NEEMO

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