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DIVE OPERATIONS

Daily Operations

05:30-06:30    Critical System Startup (ECS, BGS)
06:30-07:30    Pre-test Checklist (Test team: 50 personnel)
                       Physical Training for Staff (lap swim)
                       Suit and Tool delivery to tank deck
07:30-08:00    Astronaut Pre-brief by Test Conductor
                       Daily Physicals
                       Final Test Setup Prep (2nd Dive Team, Rotation 1)
08:00-08:15    Test Team Pre-dive Briefing
08:15              Test Team Call to Station
08:15-08:40    Suit Donning
08:40-09:00    Subject Immersion and Initial Weigh-out
09:00              Transition of Control of Test from Test Director to Test Conductor
09:00-15:00    Subject Test Procedures
09:00-11:00    1st Dive Team, Rotation 1 (4 divers/subject: 2 safety, 1 utility, 1 camera)
11:00-13:00    2nd Dive Team, Rotation 2
13:00-15:00    1st Dive Team, Rotation 2
15:00-15:15    Subject Recovery and Suit Doffing
                       (10-minute post-dive observation period)
15:15-15:30    Locker Room
                       Suit and Tool Recovery and Servicing
15:30-17:00    Debrief (customer feedback evaluations)
15:30-18:30    Reconfiguration Shift, First Dive (3 Hours)
20:00-22:00    Reconfiguration Shift, Second Dive (2 Hours)
22:00-23:00    Post-dive Observation Period (OSHA Requirement)


Sonny Carter Training Facility - Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
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Last Updated: April 4, 2007