{"id":138009,"date":"2012-06-12T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T17:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=138009"},"modified":"2012-06-12T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T17:54:52","slug":"chinas-jiaolong-to-dive-in-mariana-trench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/06\/chinas-jiaolong-to-dive-in-mariana-trench\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Jiaolong to Dive in Mariana Trench"},"content":{"rendered":"
As China plans to launch a manned spacecraft<\/a>, they are also planning to send a manned submarine into the world\u2019s deepest trench<\/strong><\/a>. Jiaolong, the submarine, has already been used to explore various terrains<\/a>. Xinhua reports:<\/p>\n The Xiangyanghong 09 ship carrying China’s manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong arrived at the designated dive area of the Mariana Trench on Monday morning, where it will attempt the world’s first 7,000-meter dive.<\/p>\n The first dive will challenge the depth of over 5,000 meters, but less than 6,200 meters. The fifth and sixth dives are scheduled to challenge the depth of 7,000 meters.<\/p>\n Each dive may last for eight to 12 hours.<\/p>\n “Before the formal sea dives, a comprehensive review of the submersible as well as its support system will be taken,” on-scene commander Liu Feng told Xinhua on the Xiangyanghong 09, the mother oceanographic ship of the submersible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n