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Exploring like Aquanauts with Dent Aquarius

October 24, 2019 by Kriselle Laran

Less than a month after Dent descended into Sun Valley, the Dent community is already diving into a number of events and explorations across the U.S.

In less than two weeks, Dent Aquarius brings us to Key Largo, Florida, to learn more about the Aquarius Reef Base—the world’s only underwater laboratory dedicated to science and education. 

As an active research facility, the US NAVY, NASA, and academic researchers use the Aquarius Reef Base to study sensitive coral reefs as well as train astronauts for life aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Known as “aquanauts,” scientists and other researchers who use the Aquarius Reef Base live in this underwater lab at depth pressure for at least 24 continuous hours without returning to the surface. 

Guiding our Dent Aquarius experience is retired NASA astronaut and Dent board member Cady Coleman. Cady flew twice on the space shuttle Columbia and spent almost 6 months on the ISS making for a total of 180 days in space. Her first journey to space came as a mission specialist in 1995, when space shuttle Columbia carried the US Microgravity Laboratory into space for its second mission on STS-73, a precursor mission to the space station. She returned for STS-93 in 1999, also on Columbia, as the lead mission specialist for the deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. In December 2010, Coleman launched into space for a third time onboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, for a six-month stay onboard the space station, serving as the lead science officer, lead robotics officer and flight engineer for Expedition 26/27. 

Dent community member Zachary Cohn captured Dent Aquarius on video during its first year. Watch below to learn more, and join the Dent community to be considered for invite-only opportunities like Dent Aquarius.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aquarius Reef Base, Cady Coleman, explore, NASA, NEEMO

Dent Reception: San Diego Comic-Con 2018

July 12, 2018 by Duffy Harvey

We’re excited to announce that, thanks to the support of our friends at Lockheed Martin Space, we are headed back at Stone Brewing Tap Room in San Diego to host a post-session reception and technology demo on Thursday 7/19 starting at 5:00pm PT.

At the reception, registered guests will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with both our Moonbase and MIT Media Lab session panelists and witness some tech demos, all while enjoying some of the best beer that California has to offer. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to rub elbows with an astronaut, current and former NASA researchers, and some of the brightest minds the MIT Media Lab has to offer.

Meet Astronaut Cady Coleman
Our special reception guest is astronaut Cady Coleman. Cady is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and she also logged 159 days in space aboard the International Space Station. She is also an accomplished chemist with a doctorate in polymer science and engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a BS in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Get your reception tickets here. We can’t wait to see you!

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Please Note: All attendees must register separately. We cannot accept more than 2 registrations under the same name and/or email. Thank you!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: NASA, Reception, SDCC, Space

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