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MROV Sea Trials

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Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · USA

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Planned route: 2 segments · ~2 days steaming · 1 station

Operating area: East Coast U.S.

Route: Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United States → Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United States

Oct 10 – Oct 16, 20265 days at sea

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Project aboard

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People aboard

  • Molly Curran · Chief scientist
  • Kevin Kavanagh · Principal investigator

Party size: 14

Estimated vacant berths: 20

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Overboarding Cable - Fiber Optic
  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Ultra-Short Base-Line Acoustic Navigation System

Pooled / portable

  • Other ROV

Science party brings

  • Portable Laboratory Vans/Containers - Science Supplied
  • Science-provided vans ×2

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code AR104_mROV_Eng Test · MFP reference 25/5558 · synced Sep 24, 2026