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... you tell me a little bit about your experience in Sealab and what you did? '''Carpenter:''' ... Many don't realize that Sealab was not just a sealed submarine sitting on the ocean ... 't understand. '''Kelly:''' Is there any cooperation at all between the programs? '''Carpenter:''' Yes. Although Sealab is now defunct, NASA's currently active Astronaut/Aquanaut … Mike Gurnhart … is pursuing that. He ...

... concen­trated solutions containing all necessary substances." ''(UPI, NYT, 11/29/68, 22)'' USN's Sealab III was carried by barge to San Clemente Island, Calif. It would be lowered 600 ... porpoises and sea lions to fetch and carry. Sealab III, submerged to three times depths of Sealab I and Sealab II, was final experiment in Sealab program. ''(AP, W Star, 11/28/68, A36 ...

... . Successful proposal would receive study contract. ''( Lewis Research Center LeRC Release 67-6)'' Sixty day Sealab III experiment would be conducted 430 ft below the Pacific off San Clemente Island in ... and oceanographic and marine biology research; and undergo series of physiological and human performance tests. Sealab III 's long-range goal was to develop capability for rescue and salvage operations under ...

... aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter as nine of his fellow-aquanauts were preparing to leave USN Sealab II on the bottom of the Pacific. Their departure was delayed until a Navy physician had determined that Carpenter could remain in the Sealab 15 additional days as planned. Nine new crewmen descended to join him. ''(AP, NYT, 9 ... program on the lives of Americans: The reactions of the aquanauts "to prolonged periods in Sealab 's artificial environment and in the ocean depths will provide vital information on man's ...

... 1965, he set a world record in underwater work during Aug. 28-Oct. 10, 1965, Sealab II experiment when he lived 205 ft down in the Pacific for 30 consecutive days. Under DSSP he was tentatively assigned as an aquanaut in Sealab III , a 60-day experiment 600 ft down in the Pacific scheduled to take place in 1968. As USN's senior aquanaut, Carpenter's duties would include responsibility for Sealab III ocean floor operations, experiments, and equipment and for coordination of aquanaut team training. NASA ...

... (Cdr., USN) described his experiences living in Sealab II see Aug. 28, 1965 and plans for a larger Sealab III in 1968. In addition to Sealab experiment, series of special vehicles would be ...

... April 24. ‘‘(FAA Release 66-5)’’ January 11-12: USN was formulating plans for a Sealab III mission in an effort to expand and intensify its manned undersea activities, Under Secretary ... Washington, D.C. James W. Miller, Office of Naval Research, reported that results of the Sealab II experiment had indicated that at ocean depths 600 ft. and below man could perform ... with electrically heated diving suits, diver-to-diver communications, and underwater swimming aids. Outside of Sealab II, the aquanauts had been cold, frustrated, unable to talk to one another, limited in ...

... 68-139)'' USN announced selection of 54 men to serve as aquanauts in 60-day Sealab III experiment in underwater living, scheduled to begin in Octo­ber. Former Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter ''(Cdr., USN)'', team leader for Sealab II ''(Aug. 28-Sept. 26, 1965)'', would serve as Senior Aquanaut. Ocean floor experiments would ...

... the U.S. Navy's successful 45-day, $18-million project. The Sealab capsule, sealed by the aquanauts before they surfaced, would be raised Oct, 13 and towed ...

... depths up to 1,700 ft, Capt. George Bond (USN), chief scientific investigator for the Sealab II project, predicted at a news briefing in La Jolla, Calif. Bond said that the Sealab II aquanauts had performed their tasks so satisfactorily that he could envisage a time when ...

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