Deepest Dive - The Story of the Trieste

Over fifty years ago, two men attempted to reach the deepest part of the ocean, 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) down in the South Pacific. This is the tale of the Trieste vessel and their feat that has never been equalled.

It was a seven-mile voyage to the deepest part of the ocean, and there were only two men in the world right for the job.

Today on Far Future Horizons we join Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy LT. Don Walsh in this exciting documentary film as they pilot the bathyscaphe Trieste into the abyss of the Pacific's Mariana Trench.

To the Bottom of the Ocean - NASA's Other 1969 Mission of Discovery

Instruments mounted on the Grumman/Piccard PX-15. The Ben Franklin

The Atlantic Monthly posted this very interesting feature concerning NASA’s other great mission of discovery, the forgotten mission of the Ben Franklin to explore the Earth’s last great frontier – the ocean and the mighty Gulf Stream.

"Timing is everything. In the summer of 1969, within one day of each other, two courageous crews set out to explore new frontiers. Both were NASA missions of pure discovery. One would go to the Sea of Tranquility, the other to the massive eastern boundary current known as the Gulf Stream. "

 ~ From Sea to Shining Sea

The Deepest Place on Earth

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the forces which shaped our planet in the second episode of the highly acclaimed History Channel documentary series “How the Earth Was Made”.

In this installment we are going to embark on a voyage into the Abyss. The deepest place on Earth – the Marianas Trench.