11 Facts About Mark Hulsbeck

Mark Whitney Hulsbeck was born on February 20,1956 and is an American professional aquanaut.

Mark Hulsbeck serves as an Oceanographic Operations Field Manager and research diver for the Aquarius Reef Base, the world's only undersea research laboratory, operated by Florida International University.

Mark Hulsbeck served in the United States Navy for five years as a helicopter rescue aircrewman.

Mark Hulsbeck subsequently earned a degree in geology from the University of South Florida.

Mark Hulsbeck then joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, in which he served as Navigation Officer on the NOAA ship Malcolm Baldrige during its circumnavigation of the Earth.

Mark Hulsbeck is a Professional Association of Diving Instructors Master Scuba Diver Trainer, an International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers Nitrox Instructor, a Divers Alert Network Oxygen Instructor and a Dive Medical Technician.

In October 2001, Mark Hulsbeck took part as a habitat technician in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 1 mission, the first of a series of NASA-NOAA missions which use Aquarius as an analog environment for space exploration.

In July 2006, Mark Hulsbeck served as a habitat technician during the NEEMO 10 mission, the crew of which lived underwater for seven days.

Mark Hulsbeck had taken part in nineteen Aquarius missions as of July 2011.

In June and July 2014, Mark Hulsbeck served as lead habitat technician aboard Aquarius during Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31 expedition, living and working underwater for 31 days.

Mark Hulsbeck is married with three children and a son from a previous marriage.