ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (R 337)

Okay kiddo, so have you ever heard of a really cool ship called the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer? It's a ship that travels all around the ocean to learn more about what's going on under the sea!

The NOAAS Okeanos Explorer is actually run by a group called NOAA, which stands for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They're a big group of scientists and explorers who want to know everything they can about the ocean.

So the ship is like a big floating laboratory. It has all kinds of equipment on it that they use to study the ocean, like cameras, sensors, and even robots that can swim down really deep to take pictures and video.

And you know what's really cool? They let other scientists and explorers from all over the world come on board and help study the ocean too! So it's kind of like a big party of smart people who are all trying to learn as much as they can about the ocean.

The NOAAS Okeanos Explorer has done a lot of really important work, like finding new creatures that live deep in the ocean, mapping the ocean floor, and even discovering shipwrecks that have been lost for hundreds of years. So even though the ocean can be a mysterious and scary place, the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer helps us learn more about it and understand it better.