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A robot submarine dangling from a ship's crane at night

Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer being brought aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a 2016 mission in the Pacific Ocean.

NOAA Corps emblem with eagle over globe

NOAA Corps emblem.

Emblem with a an eagle over a globe

NOAA Corps emblem.

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer tied up to the pier

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer tied up to the pier.

NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion "hurricane hunter" aircraft (N43RF) departing Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida

NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion "hurricane hunter" aircraft (N43RF) departing Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida.

A white NOAA fisheries survey ship under a blue sky

NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada, a fisheries survey vessel, near the pier in Newport, Oregon.

A welder working on a metal plate while a group of people look on

A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors welds the initials of the Discoverer's sponsor, Second Gentleman Douglas C. Emhoff, onto a steel plate that will be affixed to the ship.

A twin-engine NOAA Twin Otter airplane parked on the ground at an aiport

A NOAA DHC-6 Twin Otter parked on the ground at an airport.

A small boat moves toward a larger boat in the distance

A team from NOAA Ship Oregon II races toward a vessel in distress in the Gulf of Mexico in October 2022.

Pilots and flight engineer at the controls of NOAA WP-3D Orion N42RF during flight into Hurricane Ian

Two NOAA Corps pilots and a flight engineer at the controls of NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion N42RF during a flight into Hurricane Ian on September 27, 2022.

A white NOAA ship with an orange uncrewed surface vehicle on the water in the foreground

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson with NOAA's orange DriX uncrewed surface vehicle in the foreground.

A white NOAA ship on the ocean

NOAA Ship Oregon II at sea.