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Neemo Project

October 22 to 28, 2001

The International Space Station can be seen in Canada's night sky and also from most parts of the world. The station provides an opportunity for Canadians to participate in space research. There is a station in "inner space," that is, underwater, called Aquarius (Figure 1, low res/high res), the world's only undersea laboratory dedicated to marine science and education. Aquarius provides an environment remarkably similar to that onboard the space station, and is similar in size to the modules of the station. Aquanauts coordinate operations remotely through the mission control centre, located 4.5 km away in Key Largo, and experiments are conducted underwater using spacewalk techniques.