WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Dr. Don Walsh, CAPT, USN (ret) smiles at the event. The Navy honors history-making undersea adventurer and scientist, Dr. Don Walsh, CAPT, USN (ret) at a 50th anniversary ...
CHALLENGER DEEP, MARIANA TRENCH, SOUTHEAST OF GUAM (WHTM) — The first dive to the deepest part of Earth’s oceans had its start with a record-breaking ascent into Earth’s atmosphere. On May 27, 1931, ...
In January 1960, the Bathyscaphe Trieste descended 36,000 feet into the Challenger Deep - Earth's lowest known point. The pressure was an unthinkable 16,000 psi, enough to flatten a modern sub like a ...
Retired Capt. Don Walsh, Ph.D., who commanded the U.S. Navy’s bathyscaphe Trieste, discusses the dive to the deepest place on Earth, the Challenger Deep located at the southern end of the Mariana ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 100415-N-7676W-101 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2010) Rear Adm. David Titley, Oceanographer of the Navy, congratulates retired Capt ...
Ocean explorer Captain Don Walsh has died at the age of 92. More than 60 years ago he made the first ever descent to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench which lies almost 11km (seven ...