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  2. Nov 19, 2023 · 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...

  3. Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1) is a 7.3-metre (24 ft) deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth.

  4. Of the four pressure readings gleaned from the two descents in 2019, the greatest depth recorded by one of the CTD sensors was 10,929 m (35,856 ft) on the first dive and the least was 10,920 m (35,826 ft) on the second dive.

  5. Jul 13, 2021 · The first-ever dive down to the Challenger Deep was in 1960 when Lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard made it to about 35,800 feet (10,911 meters) in the Trieste submersible.

  6. Oct 8, 2019 · American undersea explorer Victor Vescovo has become the first person to dive to the deepest points of the earth’s five oceans, and he’s now back on dry land to reveal his discoveries.

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  7. The world's deepest dive. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh became the first humans ever to journey to the world's greatest depth, the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the...

  8. On 23 January 1960, two explorers, US navy lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard, became the first people to dive 11km (seven miles) to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. As a...

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