
Don Walsh - Wikipedia
Don Walsh (November 2, 1931 – November 12, 2023) was an American oceanographer, U.S. Navy officer and marine policy specialist. While aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, to …
Unsinkable Don Walsh - Education
Education and Exploration After retiring from the U.S. Navy in 1975, Walsh became dean of marine programs and a professor of ocean engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He believes it is essential to educate the next generation of …
Don Walsh: The man who made the deepest ever dive - BBC
Nov 19, 2023 · In 1960, space-mania was gripping the world and would-be astronauts were dreaming of their first forays skywards. But 28-year-old Captain Don Walsh had his sights set very much downwards....
Don Walsh, Record-Breaking Deep Sea Explorer, Dies at 92
Nov 18, 2023 · Don Walsh, a pioneering U.S. Navy explorer who, along with the scientist Jacques Piccard, broke the record for human deep submergence by descending nearly seven miles to the ocean’s deepest spot,...
Don Walsh, Deep Sea Submariner and Ocean Explorer, Dies at 92
Nov 13, 2023 · Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, a deep-sea submarine officer, oceanographer and renowned explorer who was one of the first to dive to the deepest depths of Earth’s oceans, passed away Sunday, USNI News has confirmed. He was 92.
Deep sea explorer Don Walsh, part of 2-man crew to first reach …
Nov 20, 2023 · Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean — to the “snuff-colored ooze” at the bottom of the Pacific’s Mariana Trench — has died.
History-Making Oceanographer and Ret. Navy Captain Dies at 92
Nov 16, 2023 · Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh, best known for his daring dive to the deepest spot on Earth, nearly 36,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, has died at age 92. Walsh was a co-pilot of the...
Don Walsh (1931–2023), record-setting deep sea explorer - Legacy.com
Nov 20, 2023 · Don Walsh, oceanographer and explorer who ventured to the ocean floor and was the first human to visit the Mariana Trench, died November 12 in Myrtle Point, Oregon, at the age of 92.
Don Walsh, San Diego naval officer who led historic dive to the …
Nov 29, 2023 · Don Walsh, the San Diego naval officer who squeezed into a tiny submersible with scientist Jacques Piccard in 1960 and dove nearly 7 miles to become the first humans to reach the deepest spot...
Don Walsh Describes the Trip to the Bottom of the Mariana Trench
Feb 29, 2012 · IEEE Spectrum recently interviewed Don Walsh, who was a U.S. Navy lieutenant and a submariner when he made the journey down with Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard in 1960.
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