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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.On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep. Built in Sydney, Australia, by the research and design company Acheron Project Pty ...
Jun 23, 2023 · Filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron says he figured soon after learning a Titanic-bound submersible was missing it had imploded and its occupants were dead – days before officials ...
Mar 25, 2012 · At noon on Monday, local time, (10 p.m. Sunday ET) James Cameron's "vertical torpedo" sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back ...
Jun 23, 2023 · James Cameron speaks in front of the one-person submarine he helped develop, "Deepsea Challenger," in 2013.
Aug 28, 2023 · Expedition Leader, Submersible Co-designer, and Pilot. Born in Canada, James Cameron moved to California in 1971 at the age of 17. He studied physics at Fullerton Junior College while working as a machinist, and later a truck driver.
Mar 27, 2012 · See updated story: "James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive." At 5:52 p.m. ET Sunday (7:52 a.m. Monday, local time), James Cameron arrived at the Mariana Trench's Challenger ...
May 23, 2013 · On the ocean floor, Cameron used the submersible's thrusters to take a look around on the ocean floor. "It's very lunar," he tells Melissa. "You don't expect a profusion of life, like you might ...
Mar 26, 2012 · Film director James Cameron returns to the surface after becoming the first person in 50 years to reach the deepest point in the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
More than 50 years ago, two men climbed into a massive, blimp-like submersible, descended about 35,800 feet (10,912 meters) to the deepest point in the ocean, and became the first people to observe the dark underworld of one of Earth’s most extreme environments.
Mar 26, 2012 · “Overall the vehicle performed like a champ,” Mr. Cameron said. “Plenty of power, and even though I lost one thruster, I still had 11 left, so the massive-redundancy approach worked.”
