On Tuesday, we got word that we have a location to get back on the road to 6500 meters: the east wall of Mona Canyon northwest of Puerto Rico. And…
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After a successful five to 1,500 meters, Alvin begins a transit south to continue test dives closer to Puerto Rico.
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The first two open-water dives are in the book, with the sub descending to 100 meters Wednesday and Thursday to complete Phase 2 of Sea Trials. As much as the…
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Alvin passed another critical milestone yesterday with its first untethered post-overhaul dives.
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Alvin completes incline test, paving the way for open ocean dives. How simulated dives debug Alvin’s software before actual dives take place.
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Alvin finishes in-water tests of electrical and mechanical systems and dives briefly to test the variable ballast system.
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Read a feature in Cape Cod Times about Alvin’s 6500 meter overhaul and the scientists who will use the sub at its new depth.
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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…
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Atlantis hasn’t left the dock in Woods Hole yet and Alvin hasn’t touched the water since the completion of its upgrade, but the sub’s sea trials have already begun. “Sea…
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