SEALAB II
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SEALAB II was a 1960s U.S. Navy underwater habitat project that enabled aquanauts to live and work on the ocean floor for extended periods as part of early saturation diving research.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Navy project
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saturation diving experiment ⓘ underwater habitat ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 1965-10-10 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diving medicine
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ocean engineering ⓘ underwater habitation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
communications systems
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entry lock ⓘ life support systems ⓘ living quarters module ⓘ workshop module ⓘ |
| heritage | pioneering project in human undersea habitation ⓘ |
| influenced |
NASA undersea analog missions
NERFINISHED
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SEALAB III NERFINISHED ⓘ later commercial saturation diving operations ⓘ |
| influencedBy | SEALAB I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| location |
La Jolla Canyon
NERFINISHED
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off the coast of La Jolla, California ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 15 days ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Robert Barth
NERFINISHED
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Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Earle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfAquanauts | 28 ⓘ |
| numberOfMissions | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | SEALAB program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | SEALAB I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| projectDirector | George F. Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
saturation diving research
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to enable aquanauts to live and work on the seafloor ⓘ |
| seafloorDepth |
205 feet
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62 meters ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
first extended U.S. Navy saturation missions at over 60 m depth
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visit by astronaut Scott Carpenter as aquanaut ⓘ |
| startTime | 1965-08-28 ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| successor | SEALAB III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testedCapability |
extended human habitation on the seafloor
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underwater communications ⓘ underwater construction and repair ⓘ underwater tool use ⓘ |
| totalProgramDuration | 45 days ⓘ |
| usedTechnique |
helium-oxygen breathing mixtures
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saturation diving ⓘ |
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