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2005 Aquarius Schedule

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mission & project info : 2005 aquarius schedule
Mission 1 — Staff training and system checks
Principal Investigator: Craig Cooper, NURC/UNCW
Training: April 18 — 19
Mission: April 20 — 22
CANCELLED Mission 2 — NASA Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO IX.
Principal Investigator: Bill Todd, NASA/United Space Alliance
Training: June 6 — 10
Mission: June 13 — 19
Mission 3 — The role of Hydrodynamics in Determining Nutrient Fluxes to Conch Reef.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Monismith
Training: July 5 — 8, 11
Mission: July 12 — 21
Mission 4 — Sponge production and recycling of new nitrogen in coral reef ecosystems.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Martens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Training: August 8 — 12
Mission: August 15 — 24
CANCELLED Mission 5NASA Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO IX.
Principal Investigator: Bill Todd, NASA/United Space Alliance
Training: September 26 — 30
Mission: October 3 — 23
Mission 6 — Movement behavior of fishes: The role of scale and no–take protection in the Conch Reef SPA/RO.
Principal Investigator: Dr. James Lindholm, PIER
Training: October 31 — November 4
Mission: November 7 — 16
Mission 7 — Navy Saturation Diving School training mission for habitat saturation diving, I.
Co–Principal Investigators: Craig Cooper, NURC/UNCW; Capt Mark Helmkamp, USN, Supervisor of Diving
Mission: December 5 — 9
Mission 8 — Navy Saturation Diving School training mission for habitat saturation diving, II.
Co–Principal Investigators: Craig Cooper, NURC/UNCW; Capt Mark Helmkamp, USN, Supervisor of Diving
Mission: December 9 — 14

Learn more about the Navy Experimental Diving Unit and the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center