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Kevin McCarthy communicates with the surface while in saturation.
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Dr. Sylvia Earle displays samples to aquanaut inside TEKTITE.
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Personnel Transfer Capsule (PTC) can mate with habitats and evacuate aquanauts.
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EDALHAB was built of salvage materials and similar in design to HYDROLAB.
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The main chamber of HELGOLAND was known as the pregnant elephant.
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AEGIR, named for the Norse god of the sea, was designed for depths to 180 m.
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NURP's AQUARIUS habitat was first named after George Bond, Pappa Topside.
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Habitat chambers must be routinely stripped and recertified every 4-5 years.
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HELOGOLAND's life support buoy provided power and communications.
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SEALAB I was the first habitat in the Navy's now defunct man-in-the-sea program.
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SEALAB II, resting on an angle off California, was dubbed the Tilton Hilton.
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Model of TEKTITE I, last of Navy's habitats, conducted a 60 day mission in 1969.
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LA CHALUPA, built in 1972, now operates as an undersea hotel off Key Largo, FL.
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Aquanaut works at computer inside AQUARIUS.
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AQUARIUS, deployed in 1986 off St. Croix, due to dedication of Sen. L. Weicker.
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SEALAB II built on SEALAB I, e.g., multiple chambers & dedicated support ship.
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Snorkeler visits the Marine Resources Lab now in a lagoon off Key Largo, FL.
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Marine Resources Undersea Laboratory is open for education and public visits.
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Mar. Resources Lab entry lock is an acryllic sphere.
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EDALHAB was built and operated through an industry/academia partnership.
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