| Vehicle |
Years |
Diving Depth (ft) |
Crew plus Pass. |
Endurance & Tether |
Mission Highlights |
| Bathysphere |
1930-1949 |
4,500 |
2 |
Surface Ship Cable |
Animal & Plant Photography |
| Trieste & Trieste II |
1957-1980 |
35,760 |
2 |
Float Cable |
Mariana Trench; Thresher Exploration |
| Alvin DSV-2 |
1964- |
21,300 |
3 |
72-hr Submersible |
4,400 Dives Titanic Exploration |
| Nereus |
2006- |
35,994 |
0 |
10-hr; Ultra Light Cable |
Mariana Trench |
| Mystic DSRV-1 |
1970-2008 |
5,000 |
28 |
Air Trans Submarine |
Rescue |
| Deep Sub NR-1 |
1969-2008 |
3,000 |
13 |
25-day Nu-clear Power |
Recovery of Objects |
| MIR-1 & MIR-2 |
1989- |
20,000 |
3 |
3-day Submarine |
North Pole Sea Bed Flag Planting |
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