Chinese scientific research vessel Exploration-2, or Tansuo-2, set out from the coastal city of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province on Sunday to undertake its second-segment sea trail of 2022 deep-sea in-situ scientific experiment station.
Carrying the deep-sea manned submersible "Deep Sea Warrior," Exploration-2 returned home on May 11 after completing a trial mission of a deep-sea in-situ laboratory in the South China Sea.
Aiming to verify the underwater performance and long-term operation reliability of the system, the laboratory is equipped with a number of high-end sensing and detection equipment, including a deep-sea MEMS gas chromatograph, a deep-sea spectrometer and a deep-sea mass spectrometer.
During the expedition, a number of important fluid, sediment and biological samples were obtained in the "Haima" cold spring area and two active cold spring areas to its northeast. Meanwhile, the in-situ laboratory also carried out a 72-hour observation of the fluid composition and microbial community at one hole of cold spring fluid leakage. (CGTN)
Multiple new species and new records of deep-sea brittle stars from the South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific Ocean have been found by the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, which is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and its partner. Researchers identified 36 brittle star species from different orders, families and genera among samples collected by China's deep-sea manned submersible "Deep Sea Warrior" from scientific expeditions between 2016 and 2021.
The Chinese research vessel Exploration 2 carrying the deep-sea manned submersible "Deep Sea Warrior" returned home Wednesday after completing a trial mission of a deep-sea in-situ laboratory in the South China Sea. The laboratory is equipped with a number of high-end sensing and detection equipment, including a deep-sea MEMS gas chromatograph, a deep-sea spectrometer and a deep-sea mass spectrometer.
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