Eight mission team members in hard hats pose with sampling buckets on the deck of a research vessel.
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Mission Team
The science team gathers with their buckets at the ready, waiting for remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer to return to the surface after completing Dive 02 of the American Samoa ROV + Mapping Exploration expedition so that they can collect the geological and biological samples from the dive to begin processing them. From left to right: Kasey Cantwell, Anna Lienesch, Maggy Hanley, Nikki Morgan, Val Brown, Trey Gillespie, Jenn Green, and Katlin Bowman Adamczyk.
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NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 American Samoa ROV + Mapping Exploration