2021 Technology Demonstration

2021 Technology Demonstration

Past Expedition

Dates
May 14-27, 2021
Location
Atlantic Ocean
Vessel
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

Overview

From May 14-27, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible. Expeditions like this are vital for the advancement of ocean exploration technologies that will benefit partners and the broader field of ocean exploration alike in our collective mission to explore, map, and understand the vast ocean realm.

Features

Map of the general operating area for NOAA Ocean Exploration’s 2021 Technology Demonstration. Highlighted features include the ship track, including the sites of eight autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) dives and 12 CTD casts, and bathymetry data collected.
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
August 18, 2021
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 20, 2021
After recovering the CTD, a scientist attached a tube to each Niskin bottle and transferred collected water into plastic jugs where it was taken into the on-ship lab to be filtered for later analysis.
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 19, 2021
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Figure 1: Even 10 kilometers (more than 6 miles) down, life finds a way.
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 19, 2021
Orpheus AUVs will enable exploration of the ocean’s greatest depths.
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 4, 2021
WHOI engineer Casey Machado (left) and NASA JPL engineer Russel Smith prepare Orpheus for a 2019 expedition
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 4, 2021
A DriX unmanned surface vehicle, within its docking system, is seen being fitted by engineers into the davits of NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 4, 2021
Figure 1: Artist's impression of the autonomous underwater vehicle Nereid Under-Ice (NUI) navigating over the seafloor of an ice-covered ocean
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
May 4, 2021
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity will collect images as it flies, partly to navigate the surface of the planet. The Mars Helicopter will attempt to take images of the Martian surface.
From May 14-27, 2021 NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead the 2021 Technology Demonstration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. The expedition provides an opportunity to test several technologies that will allow the ocean exploration community to explore deeper, farther, and more comprehensively than previously possible.
April 29, 2021

Multimedia

Featured multimedia assets associated with this project.

Education

Our Learn & Discover page provides the best of what the NOAA Ocean Exploration website has to offer to support educators in the classroom during this expedition. Each theme page includes expedition features, lessons, multimedia, career information, and associated past expeditions. Below are related top education themes for this expedition.

Meet the Exploration Team

Learn more about the team members and their contributions to this project.

Video Engineer, Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration
Orpheus Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
eDNA Lead, NOAA Ocean Exploration
Biologist, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Mapping Watch Lead, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Expedition Coordinator in Training, NOAA Ocean Exploration

Resources & Contacts

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