Dr. Robert Ballard (in yellow jacket) helps launch the Hercules ROV over the side of the NOAA research vessel Ronald H. Brown on May 30. The ship has reached the site of the Titanic shipwreck and this ROV will begin photographing and mapping the site by nightfall.
Launching the Hercules ROV
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Dr. Robert Ballard (in yellow jacket) helps launch the Hercules ROV over the side of the NOAA research vessel Ronald H. Brown on May 30. The ship has reached the site of the Titanic shipwreck and this ROV will begin photographing and mapping the site by nightfall.