Alvin 6500
Back in the water
Alvin began its road back to diving with a test of its buoyancy.
Read MoreRough seas ahead
Atlantis left Woods Hole around 2:45 yesterday with a storm building across our path to Bermuda, so we’ve taken a westerly course parallel to the coast with plans to turn 90 degrees left this afternoon and make a beeline across the Gulf Stream. That should allow us to miss the worst of what was in…
Read MoreTo sea—without leaving the dock
Alvin pilot Danik Forsman (right) was joined by pilots-in-training Nick Osadcia and Kaitlyn Beardshear for a simulated dive on emergency air during the sub’s ongoing sea trials. (Photo by Ken Kostel © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Atlantis hasn’t left the dock in Woods Hole yet and Alvin hasn’t touched the water since the completion of…
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lisa Smith
Alvin certification coordinator on a dream that was decades in the making. Read the whole story.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Rose Wall
A new engineer on learning the sub from the inside out. Read the whole interview.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Drew Bewley
An Alvin pilot and electrical section leader on flying a sub he helped design. Read the full interview with Drew here.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Danik Forsman
An Alvin pilot and mechanical section leader on building a sub with his own hands. Read the whole interview here.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lane Abrams
Senior Electrical Engineer Lane Abrams moves from the drawing board to the deep ocean. Read the whole interview here.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder
Lead Mechanical Engineer Francis Elder helps re-draw Alvin’s future. Read the full interview here.
Read MoreWHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin
One of the world’s most prolific research submersibles will put 99% of the ocean floor within reach of science community when it relaunches in 2021. Read the full press release.
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