Trieste is a Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe. In 1960, it became the first crewed vessel to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in …

Sixty years ago, on 23 January 1960, then–U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard descended 35,814 feet to the lowest known spot on Earth—the Pacific Ocean's …

In April 1963, TRIESTE was transported from California to Boston, Massachusetts where it conducted a search for the wreckage of the submarine, USS THRESHER (SSN 593) which had sunk in the …

Nov 28, 2023 · In April 1963, nuclear submarine Thresher (SSN-593) was lost with all hands off the Massachusetts coast. Trieste was transported across the country to Boston where it began to search …

On January 23, 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh boarded the Bathyscaphe Trieste sea vessel and descended to the deepest part of the ocean: The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.

In 1958, the United States Navy purchased the Trieste and designed a new cabin that would enable it to reach the floor of deep ocean trenches. Equipped with this new cabin, the Trieste reached the …

Jan 16, 2025 · That year the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, was successfully launched and the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, crossed under the North Pole. Trieste made its …

In 1960 Trieste, carrying Piccard's son Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, reached the deepest known point on the Earth's surface, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

The Trieste, rehabilitated and fitted with the 20,000-foot sphere, went on to examine the remains of the sunken submarine Thresher (SSN-593) in 1963. Then, completely rebuilt, the Trieste II examined the …

Trieste's modifications were proceeding apace when the submarine Thresher (SSN-593) sank off the Massachusetts coast. Trieste was brought across country to Boston, where she soon entered the …