Aquanaut grandson of Jacques Cousteau will spend 31 days living underwater off the Florida coast in a lab the size of a school bus Explorer Fabien Cousteau and five others will spend 31 days living 63 feet underwater off the coast of South Florida this fall in a lab the size of a school bus. The team will embark on the research mission on the 50th anniversary of a similar underwater trip taken by Cousteau's grandfather, famous French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The elder Cousteau is credited with creating the first sea vessel that could support human life when completely submerged underwater. The team will lead physiological and psychological experiments to determine how long humans can live without the sun and in the high-pressure environment of the deep waters Training for Cousteau's team starts mid-September and the first full day of living underwater will begin Oct. 1 The undersea lab is about the size of a school bus Jacques-Yves lived in the vessel for 30 days in the Red Sea and afterwards, created an award-winning documentary, 'World Without the Sun,' on the experience. Not to be outdone by his grandfather, Fabien Cousteau's experiment, dubbed 'Mission 31,' will last one day longer. And the entire trip will be broadcast live, 24 hours a day, to scientists and students around the world. 'When my grandfather's "Conshelf Two" mission was complete he produced an Academy Award-winning documentary film, but still received criticism rooted in disbelief of how he captured the mind-boggling underwater scenes,' Cousteau, 45, said in a statement. 'Using the latest camera technology, we will be able to show the world every second of Mission 31 in unedited, real-time and I believe it's going to shock people,' he added. We have explored less than five percent of our ocean realms; there's so much more to be discovered.' The Weather Channel will provide occasional TV reports from the researchers' adventures When the aquanauts aren't on a dive, they will be living in this underwater lab called Aquarius, which is managed by Florida International University off the shores of Key Largo The underwater vehicle will be submerged off the coast of South Florida this fall Training for Cousteau's team starts mid-September and the first full day of living underwater will begin Oct. 1. The will be housed in an underwater lab called Aquarius, which is managed by Florida International University off the shores of Key Largo. During the mission, the team will lead physiological and psychological experiments to determine how long humans can live without the sun and in the high-pressure environment of the deep waters. They will also study the effects of prolonged confinement. Cousteau's entire trip will be broadcast live, 24 hours a day, to scientists and students around the world The aquanauts will be able to leave the sea lab using a sort of underwater ATV to explore the sea floor This is the underwater lab where the aquanauts will live for 31 days The aquanauts will be able to leave the lab using a sort of underwater ATV to explore the sea floor. The trips, called 'saturation dives' will last up to nine hours. The dives will be used to learn more about the uncharted territory of the sea floor and to study the effects that pollution has had on the underwater ecosystem. The Weather Channel will provide occasional TV reports from the researchers' adventures. Life imitating art: The feat is reminiscent to the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, pictured, featuring Bill Murray Fabien Cousteau is pictured as a young boy on the shoulders of his grandfather, famous French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau Explorer Fabien Cousteau and five others will spend 31 days living 63 feet underwater off the coast of South Florida this fall in a lab the size of a school bus