R/V Neil Armstrong First Arrival into Woods Hole

The research vessel Neil Armstrong arrived in its home port of Woods Hole, Mass., for the first time in April 2016 to a multi-boat escort, a brass band, and a cannon salute. Speakers included Rob Munier, director of WHOI Marine Operations; David Sculley, chairman of the WHOI Board of Trustees; Mark Abbott, president and director of WHOI; Frank Herr, head of Battlespace Sensing at the Office of Naval Research; Congressman William Keating (D-Mass.); Suni Williams, NASA Astronaut; Carol Armstrong, ship’s sponsor and wife of the late Neil Armstrong; and Kent Sheasley, master of R/V Neil Armstrong.