Humans first descended into Challenger Deep in 1960 using a U.S. Navy submersible.
Sources
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.aaas.org/membership/scientia/back-challenger-deep (aaas.org)
- https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/first-deepest-dive (usni.org)
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