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WHOI Honors the 50th Anniversary of the Moonwalk

50 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on another world. Today the WHOI research vessel bearing his name carries on the legacy of exploration and discovery. R/V Neil Armstrong: one giant leap for the ocean.

WHOI researchers Lizzy Soranna (front left), Lizzie Wallace (front right), and Nicole D'Entremont head out to conduct hurricane research in an azure-colored marine sinkhole—formally known as a blue hole—off Caicos Island in the Caribbean. They collected sediment samples from the bottom of the hole to learn more about the characteristics of Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that passed over the area in early September of 2017. (Photo by Rose Palermo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).

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The legacy continues with R/V Neil Armstrong

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NASA Makes Dual Investment in Ocean Worlds Research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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WHOI prepares for 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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