Links to More Information about the Ben Franklin, the Piccards and the Gulf Stream:

• Undersea explorer Jacques Piccard dies November 1, 2008, aged 86
• Jacques Piccard: Le dernier voyage
• Vancouver Maritime Museum - Current home of the Ben Franklin
• Mesoscaphe - The album 'Mesoscaphe' is a sound work dedicated to the 1969 voyage of the Ben Franklin.
• They All Lived in a (White and) Yellow Submarine By Shira Boss-Bicak in Columbia College Today
• New York Times article by Jacques Piccard August 24, 1969
• Popular Mechanics article by Wallace Cloud about the Ben Franklin Mission - May 1969
• Frontiers of Science - a newspaper cartoon about the Ben Franklin Mission
• Summary of NASA's participation in the Grumman Piccard PX-15 Ben Franklin Gulf Stream drift mission including a link to a complete PDF-formatted version of the report
• Link to Pictures of the Ben Franklin from NASA/MSFC including one from above and the interior
• The Disappearance of the PX-15 - a Science Channel Documentary
• From Outer Space to Deep Sea - exhibition about the Piccard familiy at Musee du Leman
• Famous submarine anchored outside Maritime Museum - story from the Vancouver Courier Feb 2, 2000
• The Ben Franklin returns to Vancouver
• The Ben Franklin Sails Again By Christopher Pollon
• Historic Naval Ships Association
• A small history of Swiss submarines in PDF format
• Viaggi al Fondo Degli Oceani
• Our First Space Station - NASA saw the Ben Franklin as a space station prototype.
• The Sun Beneath the Sea - by Jacques Piccard
• Amazing Century of the Piccards
• Journey to the Ocean Floor - PBS documentary
• Mesoscaphe Ben Franklin and a story in Italian about the mission
• Images of the Auguste Piccard today
• Pictures of the Auguste Piccard in its current condition
• Video of the Auguste Piccard from Expo 64
• More video of the Auguste Piccard from Expo 64
• Auguste Piccard today
• Bertrand Piccard website
• The Mysteries of Trieste - the Bathyscaphs Trieste and Trieste II
• LIVING ALOFT: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight
• Navicula Maritime Resources including stamps of the Ben Franklin
• Marine Topics on Stamps: Research Submersibles
• Interior Department Study Suggests need for Research Submarine - March 1963
• Saved From the Scrap Heap article from Nickel Magazine
• Development of Deep Submersible Vehicles in the U.S. 1958-1994
• Interview with Bertrand Piccard
• 'Lost' Sub Surfaces for Historic Mission Reunion' a story in Diver Magazine November 2003
• The Unexpected Legacy of the Ben Franklin in the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Triannual Newsletter Winter 2004
• Classic Dive Books - Oceanography and deep ocean exploration including Piccard's Sun Beneath the Sea
• Deep Sea Sub Story Resurfaces - Story from SpaceDaily
• First and Second edition cover image of Ken Haigh's book Cableships and Submarine Cables
• A space maintainability experiment aboard the Ben Franklin submersible during the 30-day Gulf Stream drift mission - Man's Role in Space Conference, Cocoa Beach, Fla., Mar 27, 28, 1972, 15 p (864 KB PDF)
• Flags from the Gulf Stream Drift Mission
• Weigh Scales Used to Build PX-15 BEN FRANKLIN
• Builder's Model of PX-15 BEN FRANKLIN
• BEN FRANKLIN (PX-15) - description of the Ben Franklin from the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
• Manned Submersibles by Frank Busby - the complete text and illustrations of this definitive guide.
• Photos of the Stern, Side, BowViewports,Motor, Prop and Sail of the Ben Franklin at the VMM.
• Benjamin Franklin's 'Sundry Maritime Observations: 1785 letter discloses his announcement to the mariners of the world the existence of the Gulf Stream
• NASA feature- Deep Sea Sub Story Resurfaces

gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428