Project Nekton

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title: Project Nekton
text: Project Nekton was the codename for a series of very shallow test dives and also deep-submergence operations in the Pacific Ocean near Guam that ended with the United States Navy-owned research bathyscaphe Trieste entering the Challenger Deep, the deepest surveyed point in the world's oceans. The series of eight dives began with two harbor dives, then a Pacific Ocean test dive at Guam, by the newly modified Trieste, which had been modified to dive far deeper than before. After two checkout dives
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description: Series of test dives and deep-submergence operations in the Pacific Ocean
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date modified: 2023-06-23T16:18:42Z
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