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Uranus (mythology)
Uranus ( pron.: / ˈ jʊər ə n ə s / or / j ʊ ˈ r eɪ n ə s / ; Ancient Greek Οὐρανός , Ouranos meaning "sky" or "heaven") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky . His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus . In Ancient Greek literature , Uranus or Father Sky was the son and husband of Gaia , Mother Earth.Four aquanauts descended to an undersea research base off the Florida Keys Monday (June 11), kicking off a 12-day mission designed to help future spaceflyers explore near-Earth asteroids. The four adventurers entered the Aquarius research station — which sits 62 feet (19 meters) down in the ocean about 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) off Key Largo — at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) Monday, NASA officials said. The 16th expedition in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations program, or NEEMO, has now officially begun. Because NEEMO missions put participants in a hostile, alien environment, they're good analogs for expeditions to asteroids, planets, moons or other space destinations, officials said.

