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First deep-sea water space station
February 18 , 2025
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- China has approved a deep-sea research facility that could redefine the marine exploration.
- The “cold seep” ecosystem research facility will be anchored 2000 meters (6560 feet) below the surface of the strategically significant South China Sea.
- The facility will be one of the most technologically advanced scientific underwater facilities.
- China will be the world’s third country after the United States of America and the Soviet Union to build and operate a deep-sea space station.
- The American deep-sea space station NR-1 was a nuclear-powered submarine that was retired in 2008.
- The Soviet AS-12 Losharik, powered by a nuclear reactor reached a depth of 2000 meters.
- It was abandoned by the Russians in 2019 after a major fire.
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