Phil Short

FRGS (Fellow Royal Geographic Society). Fellow Explorers Club. Instructor Trainer with IANTD & TDI and Instructor with NSS/CDS

[DEEP @DeepEngineered]

How do you deploy a subsea human habitat? Go behind the scenes of the complex marine operation behind installing Vanguard, our pilot habitat, on the seabed in the Florida Keys.

Watch the full video on YouTube: https://t.co/z55mEhUexN

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No one's inside just yet. But once we've completed full testing and commissioning, this bell will transfer three people to the dive site at DEEP Campus.

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The air you breath living in Vanguard is piped down from its surface support buoy. But did you know we also keep tanks of oxygen on board?

Here's how the oxygen tanks are filled.

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[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

Today in 1977, Voyager 1 took this image of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, captured from 7.25 million miles away. It was the first of its kind taken by a spacecraft.

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This month marks the 64th anniversary of Conshelf I, the first underwater human habitat.

Explore more of the incredible history of humans living underwater.

Watch the full video on Youtube: https://t.co/2SIzqi1zOJ.

Sources: Smith Archive (1962), U.S. Navy and NASA.

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[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

#OTD in 1934, Wiley Post reached the stratosphere in his Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae." The aircraft didn't have a pressurized cabin, so he wore a pressure suit and helmet designed for him by the B.F. Goodrich Company, which is in our collection.

[DEEP @DeepEngineered]

Open the tap inside Vanguard and you've got fresh drinking water, meters under the ocean.

But how does the water get there? Here's a behind-the-scenes look.

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Testing the launch and recovery system of the closed bell as part of commissioning our saturation diving training facility.

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How does the watch desk support people living underwater?

Take a look at Vanguard's watch desk inside our shore base in Marathon, Florida. From here we can monitor the habitat's systems and crew during missions.

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[Phil Short @PhilShortTech]

@ron_eisele Where is she kept?

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

…and many more! 🎂🎈🎉

We wish a very happy birthday to the incomparable Gene Kranz, a legendary flight director who served our human spaceflight program for 34 years! Kranz is best known for his leadership in Mission Control during Apollo 13, but his composure and determination still inspire us today.

[Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁 @clark_aviation]

An unfortunate incident occurred at the Shuttleworth evening airshow yesterday. The (notoriously tricky) DH -88 Grosvenor House crashed on landing.. Fortunately, the pilot suffered only minor injuries.🫰

[DEEP @DeepEngineered]

Here's short clip from our latest YouTube video exploring the history of underwater habitats, starting with the legendary projects of Jacques Cousteau.

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/wwXkM3pqSB

#DEEP #OceanExploration #Vanguard

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A small experiment for the curious among you. What happens when you open a pot of milk underwater?

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What would you rather?

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Meet Roger Garcia, our Director of Habitat Operations. What do you want to know about diving from Vanguard?

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The journey down to Vanguard.

At Tennessee Reef, a yellow support buoy sits on the surface. It supplies air, communication, and other life support needs to the crews that will soon be living inside Vanguard.

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[Ronnie Eisele @EiseleRon10374]

27 July 1928. Birth of Joseph William Kittinger II (d. 9 December 2022). USAF pilot and participant in Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior, holding records for the highest, fastest and longest skydive and first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon.

[Habubrats SR-71 @Habubrats71]

 The SR 71 looks like a shadow.
 This gorgeous photograph was taken by the late Brian Shul.
Linda Sheffield

[Sonia J. Rowley @SoniaJRowley]

Dr. Sonia J Rowley: Life in the Ocean's Twilight Zone | Mesophotic Coral... https://t.co/5nZWYUQwYv via @YouTube