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Hydrothermal vent shrimp vision

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Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · USA

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Planned route: 2 segments · ~15 days steaming · 1 station

Operating area: Mid Atlantic Ridge

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


May 7 – Jun 5, 202529 days at seaactual: departed May 7, 2025, arrived Jun 5, 2025

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Projects aboard (2)

Jason Engineering - Armstrong

24 hrs. of Jason engineering time to piggy-back on the Hydrothermal vent shrimp vision project - SME 23/2804 on Armstrong in May '25. Preferably to take place before operations for the start of the primary project.


People aboard

Jason Engineering - Armstrong

  • Matt Heintz · Chief scientist
  • Kevin Kavanagh · Principal investigator

Hydrothermal vent shrimp vision

  • Tamara Frank · Principal investigator

Party size: 12

Estimated vacant berths: 22

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

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

Pooled / portable

  • Winch Pool Portable Winch
  • Winch Pool Portable Winch

Science party brings

  • Portable Laboratory Vans/Containers - Science Supplied
  • Science Supplied Portable Winch
  • Science-provided vans ×4

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code AR89_Shrimp Vision__ · MFP references 24/4851, 23/2804 · synced Sep 30, 2026