Bolden Calls Underwater NEEMO 16 Crew

From outside their underwater laboratory in Florida, NASA Astronaut and NEEMO 16 Commander Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger and European Space Agency astronaut Timothy Peake took a call from NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden on June 18. Bolden was speaking from the NASA TV studio at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

An international crew of four headed by Lindenburger has been performing spacewalks on the ocean floor to test concepts for future asteroid exploration as part of the 16th NASA Extreme Environments Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission. While living underwater in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aquarius Underwater Laboratory off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., for 12 days, they're scheduled to perform a total of 16 underwater spacewalks. The mission is investigating communication delays, restraint and translation techniques and optimum crew size for an asteroid mission.

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[ConnorPLamb]

Blub Blub Blub!

[slimmyshank23]

awesome :)

[M.a. shaunee]

she is excited .. with Good cause. amazing how clearly we can hear her. We need to send them better camera's or is it our Water ???? Goodness !

[GoogleSuperstar]

I will feature all NASAtelevision movies and will sub to everone who will sub to me.All the best to NASA

[fcycles]

wow, they look like science-fiction futurist people under water! :) Amazing!

[mega2k1]

2:16 hi mom!

[BurnabyAlex]

This made me remember watching a couple episodes of Sea Lab 2020 when I was a kid.

[jamstunnawiz]

Great work guys...

[Skodmunk]

X-com Terror From the Deep :D

Remember your spear gun when you step outside !

[Brommes]

they look like storm troopers :)

[Alex Hamp]

woop go Tim.