Has some wear on it from storage. No makers mark on it. Great for display.
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8x10 B/W photo from 5/15/1969 Aquanauts John Van Derwalker Conrad Mahnken & Pennsylvania Congressman George Atlee Goodling examining a model of the Tektite Underwater Tanks that supported 4 scientists from February 1969 thru mid-April 1969. See below to read about the project - this info comes from a synopsis of a movie made about the scientific mission.
This auction is just for the 8x10 photo that is pictured. These are stock photos of the 8x10 photo you will receive.
""
SIXTY DAYS BENEATH THE SEA tells the story of the Tektite habitat. This
was an underwater laboratory which was the home to divers during Tektite
I and II programs. The Tektite program was the first
scientists-in-the-sea program sponsored nationally. The habitat capsule
was placed in Great Lameshur Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands in
1969 and again in 1970.
The
Tektite habitat was designed and built by General Electric Company Space
Division at the Valley Forge Space Technology Center in King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania. The Project Engineer who was responsible for the
design of the habitat was Brooks Tenney, Jr. Brooks also served as the
underwater Habitat Engineer on the International Mission, the last
mission on the Tektite II project. The Program Manager for the Tektite
projects was Dr. Theodore Marton at General Electric. The Habitat
appears as a pair of silos: two white metal cylinders 4 m in diameter, 6
m high, joined by a flexible tunnel and seated on a rectangular base in
15 m of water.
On February
15, 1969, four U. S. Department of Interior scientists (Ed Clifton,
Conrad Mahnken, Richard Waller and John VanDerwalker) descended to the
ocean floor in Great Lameshur Bay in the U. S. Virgin Islands to begin
an ambitious diving project dubbed "Tektite I". By March 18, 1969, the
four aquanauts had established a new world's record for saturated diving
by a single team. On April 15, 1969, the aquanaut team returned to the
surface with over 58 days of marine scientific studies. More than 19
hours of decompression time were needed to accommodate the scientists'
return to the surface. The United States Office of Naval Research
coordinated Tektite I.
Much
of the research for Tektite I centered on humans in this new
environment. Topics investigated would include: biology (blood changes,
sleep patterns, oxygen toxicity), decompression and decompression
sickness, microbiology and mycology.
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Condition is "Used".
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- Condition: Used