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Facility About WHOI WHOI People Directory About NDSF Contact Newsletter HOV Alvin HOV Alvin Alvin Team Capabilities Vehicle Specifications Systems, Sensors & Sampling User Supplied Equipment Data Alvin Training Materials ROV Jason ROV Jason Jason Team Capabilities Vehicle Specifications Systems, Sensors & Sampling User Supplied Equipment Data Jason Training Materials AUV Sentry AUV Sentry Sentry Team Capabilities Vehicle Specifications Systems, Sensors & Sampling User Supplied Equipment Data Sentry Training Materials Data Data & Software Team Data Policy Vehicle Dive Metadata Alvin Data Jason Data Sentry Data Plan an Expedition News & Media NDSF Quarterly Newsletter NDSF Newsletter Archive We put the deep ocean within reach. Learn More Our Vehicles. Your Tools. NDSF operates a fleet of underwater vehicles that enables the oceanographic community to explore, sample, and map the deep ocean and to meet the needs of a changing research landscape. HOV ALVIN A 3-person research submersible capable of reaching 6500 meters depth and of supporting custom sensors and samplers. The Alvin Team delivers reliability built from more than 5,000 successful dives. ROV JASON A time-tested remotely operated vehicle system capable of multi-day missions to 6500 meters. Observers get real-time, HD video and data, as well as physical samples from the seafloor. AUV SENTRY A flexible, fully autonomous vehicle rated to 6000 meters that carries a wide and growing array of instruments. The Sentry Team is also skilled at carrying out multi-vehicle missions. Dive with us Plan an expedition From proposal preparation to cruise logistics to data access, we help you execute a successful research mission. » Learn more Use cases Learn how NDSF vehicles can increase data collection and take better advantage of your time at sea. » Learn more First time user? Learn how our assets can extend your research to depths you may have never thought possible. » Learn more Questions? Contact us. NDSF in the News/Media Science enabled by NDSF vehicles at Ocean Sciences February 5, 2024 Learn how data collected from NDSF vehicles is moving science forward. Here are some talks featuring our vehicles at the upcoming Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024. Read the article How to catch a plume November 21, 2023 Sampling hydrothermal iron with adaptive AUV Sentry dives. A cruise of unusual and uniquely challenging Sentry missions: real-time course modifications, remotely triggered sample collection, and flying the vehicle in midwater. Read the article Eleven new Alvin divers! September 27, 2023 In August, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored three days of engineering dives with human-occupied vehicle Alvin off the coast of San Diego, California. The vehicle team and crew of R/V Atlantis took federal agency representatives from the National Science Foundation, ONR, NAVSEA, Office of Management and Budget, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and WHOI leadership on a short expedition to demonstrate the intricate operations and rigorous protocols that enable safe scientific submersible operations. Read the article Robot Rescues! August 29, 2023 ROV Jason assists in the recovery of three autonomous research platforms-two of which were unplanned-during the Visions 23 expedition to the Ocean Observatories Initiative Regional Cabled Array. Read moreRead the article Mission accomplished! July 31, 2023 The PROTATAX23 Science Team and members of the Jason Team on deck of R/V Thomas Thompson. (Photo by Thompson AB Elena Wisecarver, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) The numbers and teamwork that made PROTATAX23 a success The dives are over, samples are stowed in freezers, Jason is strapped to the deck, and R/V Thomas Thompson… Read the article Volcanos, vents, and creatures of the deep, oh my (Part 2) July 28, 2023 Jason uses an isobaric gas-tight (IGT) sampler to collect fluids flowing from a hydrothermal vent in the Pacific that supplies chemicals supporting lush, vibrant ecosystems. (hoto courtesy of Stefan Sievert, WHOI/NSF/ROV Jason, 2014) The ROV Jason Teams’s most memorable dives The Jason Team knows regions of the ocean floor like other people might know… Read the article The Facility is sponsored by the National Science Foundation , the Office of Naval Research , and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . About | Contact | Newsletter The Facility is sponsored by the National Science Foundation , the Office of Naval Research , and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . About | Contact | Newsletter © 2024 Facility. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Login General Information: information@whoi.edu or (508) 548-1400 | Website inquiries: webdev@whoi.edu | Media...