Mission 31

In June 2014, Fabien Cousteau and his team of aquanauts embarked on Mission 31, the longest science expedition to take place at Aquarius, the world’s only underwater marine laboratory.

For 31 straight days, Fabien and his team kept the importance of the ocean in the news, classrooms, businesses, and homes worldwide broadcasting each moment live on multiple channels, and exposing the world to the adventure, intrigue and mystique of what lies beneath.

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One of the biggest frustrations Fabien has had as an Ocean explorer and aquanaut, is the lack of accessibility at the final frontier. It became very evident during Mission 31 Aquarius, that untethered access to the bottom world and the co-efficiency of time that allows for unprecedented access to pandora’s box of ocean discovery is extraordinarily valuable.  This mission, where Fabien and his crew lived and worked underwater, gave a very real appreciation and understanding that we are missing a vital tool in our exploration chest - that of a modern day International Space Station underwater.