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June 2003 - mission pictures

Clay in giant stride off the R/V Research Diver
Smiling Garrett returns from Aquarius
Peggy and Garrett give the okay sign that they are ready to submerge
Peggy and Garrett ready to go for their first dive to Aquarius
Smiling Emma returns to the boat after her first dive to Aquarius
Clay and Emma smiling on the boat - not a bad day
Clay and Emma practice dive skills with instructor Mark Hulsbeck.

Emma and Clay share air while training.

Emma entering water
Garrett and Peg practice sharing air
Garrett starts the swim test
NEEMO 5 crew learn about the full face mask and communication
NEEMO 5 Crew on boat tower
NEEMO 5 crew ready to splash down to Aquarius and start their mission.
NEEMO 5 Crew with Topside team
NEEMO 5 crewmember ties off their safety line
Peggy and Emma smile as they prepare to splash down to Aquarius
Clay sits on back of RV Research Diver ready to splashdown to Aquarius
Emma gives a final thumbs-up just before splashing down to Aquarius
Peggy signals OK as she is about to splashdown
NEEMO 5 crew begin their first excursion of the mission
Garret sits at galley table wearing a special Aquanaut shirt
Peg works on the computers in entry lock
Garrett navigates during communications experiment
James works on Aquarius fittings
Peg reels out the lines during the Comm DTO
Peg under the habitat with new friends
Clay helps build waterlab
Emma works on waterlab
Garrett swims over waterlab
Peggy builds a section of waterlab
Garrett collects a sample for the bacterial monitoring experiment
James downloads data from the in situ Doppler experiment
NEEMO 5 crew photo in habitat
NEEMO 5 crew photo: Thumbs-up
Peggy & Emma work on the computer
Peggy has her hearing tested by the oto-acoustic emissions evaluator
Emma eating space food required for the nutritional assessment
Garrett eating space food for the nutritional assessment experiment
James doing daily bilge checks
Peg returns under wetporch
Peggy helps Garrett prepare the in situ Doppler probe
Peggy places in situ Doppler probe on Garrett for data collection
Worms!
Clay collects a sample for the bacterial monitoring experiment
Clay performs Ares test for STARx experiment
Emma draws James' blood for the nutritional assessment experiment
Garret photo's Clay's thumb for the wound healing experiment
Garrett provides a saliva sample for the viral shedding experiment
NEEMO 5 crew takes some time to relax in the bunks with a movie
Emma downloads physiological monitoring data to the computer
James scans a space food package with the bar code reader
Clay watches the fish through the window.
Emma and the fish check each other out.
This beats TV!
Garret and the fish communicate.
Aquanauts at play!
NEEMO 5 team in the bunkroom

 

 





 

 

  

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