Argo is an unmanned deep-towed undersea video camera sled developed by Dr. Robert Ballard through Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Deep Submergence Laboratory. Argo is most famous for its role in the discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985.

Sep 1, 2015 · Thirty years ago today, a group of scientists, engineers, and technicians aboard the research vessel Knorr discovered the final resting place of RMS Titanic. The team found the wreck with Argo, a then-new towed system of television cameras and sonars named by expedition leader Robert Ballard for the mythical vessel…

Argo was the system of television cameras and sonars that helped find the Titanic, was named by Titanic expedition leader Robert Ballard for the mythical Greek vessel that carried Jason on his quest for the Golden Fleece.

Apr 15, 1970 · Argo, the system of television cameras and sonars that helped find the Titanic, was named by Titanic expedition leader Robert Ballard for the mythical Greek vessel that carried Jason on his quest for the Golden Fleece.

Sep 1, 1985 · Rather than search for one large object—Titanic’s massive hull—they used their imaging tools, ANGUS (Acoustically Navigated Geological Underwater Survey) and the newly developed deep-towed sonar and video camera system Argo, to scour the seafloor for debris dispersed from the wreck in the current. The debris trail led to the wreck.

In Titanic: Discovery …a means for testing the Argo , a 16-foot (5-meter) submersible sled equipped with a remote-controlled camera that could transmit live images to a monitor. The submersible was sent some 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) to the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, sending video back to the Knorr .

The story behind the 1985 expedition that located the RMS Titanic. How advanced subsea technology, including sonar and video systems, uncovered the wreck at 3800 metres, revolutionising deep-sea exploration.

Apr 1, 2017 · In 1985, a joint American-French expedition tracked down one of the biggest prizes in maritime archeology: the 73-year-old wreck of the “unsinkable” ocean liner Titanic.

Oct 18, 2010 · In the early morning of September 1, Argo was investigating debris on the ocean floor when it suddenly passed over one of the Titanic‘s massive boilers, lying at a depth of about 13,000 feet.

Jul 23, 1985 · The mission will mark the first field tests of the new American deep-sea robot Argo, one of a new generation of unmanned deep sea submarines and ''swimming eyeballs'' that are expected to vastly...