The Deep Submergence Systems Project contracted with Lockheed Missiles and Space, Co. to produce a deep diving rescue submarine, the first of which was launched in 1970.

It was no ordinary submarine. In fact, Trieste had been further described as a deep-diving dirigible. (Quite appropriate, as Piccard had previously broken all human aerial altitude records in a ...

What You Need to Know: The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets, a titanium-hulled "Mike-class" submarine, set the record for the deepest dive by a military submarine in 1984, descending over 1,000 meters.

Beyond the Titanic: The Real Science of Deep Sea Exploration After five people perished on a controversial submersible dive to the wreckage of the Titanic in June, we got to thinking about what ...

Canadian movie maker James Cameron was the last to visit in 2012 in his submarine, reaching a depth of 10,908m. Prior to Mr. Cameron's dive, the first-ever expedition to Challenger Deep was made ...

The launch of Singapore’s final Invincible-class submarine on April 22 marked a new era in the Republic’s submarine journey. Here is a closer look at the evolution of the Republic of Singapore ...

What You Need to Know: On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered submarine, tragically sank during deep-diving tests 220 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All 129 crew ...