{"id":149,"date":"2021-10-18T17:33:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personal-site.dev\/?p=149"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:27:49","slug":"the-neil-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/the-neil-armstrong\/","title":{"rendered":"R\/V Neil Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-149-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/09\/RV-Neil-Armstrong.mp4?_=1\" \/><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/09\/RV-Neil-Armstrong.webm?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/09\/RV-Neil-Armstrong.mp4\">https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/09\/RV-Neil-Armstrong.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/ships\/ships-neil-armstrong\/\">R\/V <em>Neil Armstrong<\/em><\/a> is a state-of-the-art oceangoing research vessel. The ship is 238 feet long, can sustain speeds of 10 knots, has a range of 11,500 nautical miles, and can remain at sea for up to 40 days<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Named for the American hero whose &#8220;small step&#8221; provided humanity with a new perspective on our planet, this vessel carries on its namesake&#8217;s legacy of exploration.<\/p>\r\n<p>The R\/V\u00a0<em>Neil Armstrong<\/em> meets the range, endurance, and technical requirements to support advanced oceanographic research in tropical and temperate oceans around the world. It serves the academic community&#8217;s ongoing need for a general-purpose ship based on the East Coast of the United States. The ship is often used for the recovery and deployment missions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanobservatories.org\/array\/coastal-pioneer-array\/\">Coastal Pioneer Array<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanobservatories.org\/array\/global-irminger-sea-array\/\">Global Irminger Sea Array<\/a> in the North Atlantic, southwest of Greenland.<\/p>\r\n<p>The pivotal role that the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans play in Earth&#8217;s climate has resulted in an increase in efforts to observe these areas, as well new efforts to study North Atlantic ecosystems and their sustainability. R\/V\u00a0<em>Neil Armstrong<\/em> is uniquely equipped and positioned to enable scientists from around the world to reveal new details about these and other critical parts of the global ocean.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>R\/V Neil Armstrong<\/em> is a state-of-the-art oceangoing research vessel. The ship is 238 feet long, can sustain speeds of 10 knots, has a range of 11,500 nautical miles, and can remain at sea for up to 40 days. Named for the American hero whose \u201csmall step\u201d provided humanity with a new perspective on our planet, this vessel carries on its namesake\u2019s legacy of exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":530646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[232,294,133,72,97,103,309,251,258,186,18],"tags":[96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536061,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/536061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}