Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush enthused about being "outside of the box" in a talk last year. The maker of the doomed Titan ...

ALAMEDA - Manned-submersibles have been used since the late 1950s to explore the ocean floor, and one of the pioneers of the technology is a Bay Area native. KPIX sat down with him to discuss the ...

An extensive search and rescue operation is underway to locate a commercial submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck. According to the US Coast Guard, contact with the ...

OceanGate, a provider of manned submersible services, has selected Toray Composite Materials America (CMA), as provider of aerospace grade prepreg carbon fiber material for use in the manufacturing of ...

Only boats at least 120 feet long can hold a sub, which typically costs between $2 million to $7 million. Manufacturers of the deep-sea vessels say many of their clients are wealthy enthusiasts. By ...

There are approximately 100 such submersibles in use today, with models ranging from U-Boat Worx’s $500,000 Nemo to deep-diving specialty subs costing tens of millions of dollars and users running the ...

As OceanGate’s Titan submersible was about to be christened five years ago, chief executive Stockton Rush said the vessel’s ability to eventually explore the wreckage of the Titanic was a breakthrough ...

The first fatal accident aboard a deep-sea tourist submersible is certain to raise calls for additional safety regulations, but industry experts say any new measures may be impossible to enforce given ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Ocean Portal (http://ocean.si.edu) asks Carole Baldwin, a research zoologist at Smithsonian's National ...

Charles Kohnen, co-founder of the submersible manufacturer SEAmagine Hydrospace, estimates 200 manned vessels are worldwide. Some are used by scientific institutions, others for tourism, and a growing ...