{"id":536994,"date":"2026-05-06T11:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?p=536994"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:18:10","slug":"central-surface-mooring-successfully-recovered-with-full-system-retrieval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/central-surface-mooring-successfully-recovered-with-full-system-retrieval\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Surface Mooring Successfully Recovered with Full System Retrieval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The OOI-CGSN team successfully completed recovery of the Central Surface Mooring (CNSM), marking another major operational milestone for the Pioneer Array expedition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">This complex recovery included retrieval of the surface buoy, the Near Surface Instrument Frame (NSIF), and the seabed Multi-Function Node (MFN), which also serves as the system\u2019s anchor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A key strength of the WHOI mooring design is its fully recoverable architecture. Every component of the mooring system is brought back to the surface, leaving nothing behind on the seafloor. This approach supports responsible ocean engineering practices while enabling detailed post-recovery inspection, maintenance, and redeployment of valuable scientific infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, long deployments at sea can sometimes attract unexpected passengers, and recoveries occasionally return with a few marine hitchhikers attached.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/IMG_2420.mov\">Video: Watch the Central Surface Mooring in Action<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_536996\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536996\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/8B42AFC2-5A4F-40E0-8650-F0A8652CF424_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/8B42AFC2-5A4F-40E0-8650-F0A8652CF424_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/8B42AFC2-5A4F-40E0-8650-F0A8652CF424_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_536995\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536995\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536995 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/2B1C1E2B-5C0E-4A31-870D-7C898F938009_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/2B1C1E2B-5C0E-4A31-870D-7C898F938009_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/2B1C1E2B-5C0E-4A31-870D-7C898F938009_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OOI-CGSN team successfully completed recovery of the Central Surface Mooring (CNSM), marking another major operational milestone for the Pioneer Array expedition. This complex recovery included retrieval of the surface buoy, the Near Surface Instrument Frame (NSIF), and the seabed Multi-Function Node (MFN), which also serves as the system\u2019s anchor. A key strength of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":536996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[335],"tags":[336],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536994"}],"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\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537023,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536994\/revisions\/537023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}