We have had a busy couple of weeks assessing new ways to study and understand exploration needs for Moon & Mars at #neemoNXT along with aquastronauts A.J. (Drew) Feustel, Thomas Pesquet & 金井 宣茂.

Thank you for following along! 🚀👩‍🚀

Scientists, engineers and astronauts involved in NASA_NEEMO NXT have been exploring tools, techniques, technologies & training to help prepare for the exploration of the Moon & Mars. #neemonxt #science #exploration

潜水服で、潜水艇で、そして管制室で、役割を交代しながらの、海中での地質学探査。

こうやって将来の有人月探査を想定した「アナログ・ミッション」を行うことで、問題点を洗い出し、新しいアイデアを使った宇宙探査ミッションのあり方を検討しています。
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Some of my underwater photos of the NUYTCO ExoSuit operated at #neemoNXT : a smartly designed taskboard was developed by the NASA_NEEMO team to evaluate how the Exosuit dexterity can be used for eventual future NXT space analog missions underwater. #IronMan

🎶 We all dive with the NASA submarine,
NASA submarine,
NASA submarine...
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And here’s your crew for this #neemoNXT underwater mission: A.J. (Drew) Feustel 金井 宣茂 and yours truly. Lots of spaceflight and spacewalk experience !!

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Exploration on earth to prepare us for exploration in space. NASA_NEEMO NXT project working underwater to explore the tools, tasks, techniques and training. NASA Astronauts @NASA

Looks like we’ll be underwater for most of the next two weeks... guess what for ? #neemoNXT

Thank you for following #NEEMO23 ! Until next time! 🚀🐠

Our amazing #NEEMO23 aquanauts are back on “topside” - i.e., they have safely emerged from Aquarius Aquarius Reef Base! The only thing left is the debrief session and packing up.

And I will miss walking on the ocean floor like a creature of the ocean! #NEEMO23

Less than an hour to splash-up... time to return to the surface and rejoin the 'topsiders'.
Looking forward to seeing the sunlight and have a hot shower, but I will miss Aquarius. #Neemo23

This place Aquarius Reef Base is special. Our aquanauts have called it home for a little over a week, living and working underwater so we can learn the best exploration strategies for the Moon. 🚀🐠

Last day of our #NEEMO23 Mission!

Every NEEMO mission is a bit different. We study various aspects of science, spaceflight & operations ranging from the Moon to Mars.

One thing remains constant: exploration inspires us all to work hard & reach for the stars.

📷 Karl Shreeves

It will take 15 hours & 45 minutes to carefully bring the NASA_NEEMO 23 crew back to surface pressure inside their now closed Aquarius Reef Base Aquarius habitat: it takes actually more time to come back from a NEEMO mission than to come back from the International Space Station !

Interior operations include testing various technologies in an extreme environment. Aquanaut Shirley Pomponi is wearing Draper Wearable Kinematics System while reviewing her timeline and procedures on NASA Ames Playbook.