GM Futurama II Exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair

At the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City, General Motors’ Futurama II featured “near future” undersea homes, 10,000 feet under water, reached by atomic subs.

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B&W Photo of Futurama II

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Inside Futurama II

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Conshelf I, 1962

Conshelf I (Continental Shelf Station), constructed in 1962, was the first inhabited underwater habitat. Developed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau to record basic observations of life underwater, Conshelf I was submerged in 10 metres of water near Marseilles.

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Conshelf II, 1963

Conshelf Two, the first ambitious attempt for men to live and work on the sea floor, was launched in 1963. In it, a half-dozen aquanauts lived 10 meters down in the Red Sea off Sudan in a starfish-shaped house for 30 days.

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1964 Movie Poster for "World Without Sun"

This movie was a documentary about the Conshelf II underwater habitat.

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World without Sun

1964 book and movie describing the Conshelf II underwater habitat.

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Cut-away drawing of Conshelf II

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Outside looking in at Conshelf II

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