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)
Chinese scientific research vessel the Exploration-2, or Tansuo-2, has recently completed its trial deployment of a deep-sea in-situ scientific experiment station. Various types of equipment including a submarine base station, an in-situ laboratory and a glider were invol...
A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV), carried by the Chinese scientific research vessel Exploration-2, has been tested with a maximum working depth of 4,308 meters in the South China Sea, the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE) under the Chinese ...
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