Sea Trials Transit

Daily Science Report for 26 January 2009

LOCATION: In transit to Guam

SCIENCE UPDATE: USIO team activities focus on laying the groundwork for sea trials, including preparing analytical and operational systems for testing, testing analytical and operational systems, sorting and distributing supplies, and restoring systems to operational readiness.

See detailed transit map

Ship highlight of the day: Bridge & DP

The bridge is part of the new superstructure and has been elevated. The ship's navigation and dynamic positioning (DP) systems were combined into one space.
External view
Bridge panorama (Quicktime VR). Click and drag to pan around. Use the Shift and Control keys to zoom in and out.

See iodp.tamu.edu/labs/ship.html for more details on the ship's new laboratories.