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  2. ENDURANCE Project Taking Icy Test Dive


    Underwater Robot Takes Test Dive in Wisconsin before Mission to Antarctica: ENDURANCE Project Demonstrating Concepts for Europa Exploration

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  3. Astrobiology's Pioneers


    Astrobiologist Cindy Van Dover is the subject of an interview in today’s New York Times science section. The article discusses her career in marine ecology, and her pioneering role in exploring the ocean with the submersible Alvin.

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  4. Robot Dives Deep for Sinkhole Slime


    In May, researchers successfully conducted the third and final field test of the autonomous underwater robot, DEPTHX. Their objective was to explore Cenote Zacatón, the world’s deepest water-filled sinkhole.

    Zacatón lies near one end of a chain of sinkholes stretching nearly half a mile across Rancho La Azufroza (Sulfur Ranch), located in northeastern México, roughly 20 miles from the Gulf Coast. Even without the sinkholes, the biology of the region would make a fascinating subject of study. The landscape is...

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  5. Endurance Explorer


    Antarctic Lake Robot Probe Sets Sights on Outer Space

    A robotic probe designed to draw an underwater three-dimensional map showing the biological and geochemical composition of an ice-bound Antarctica lake may prove to be the ideal tool to search for life on other planets or moons where ice is known to exist.

    Peter Doran, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the lead investigator in a three-year, $2.3 million dollar study funded by

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