{"id":313,"date":"2026-05-12T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:25:27","slug":"ocean-exploration-trust","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/ocean-exploration-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Exploration Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/EVNautilus-2021_MAX_0144.jpg);background-position:51% 38%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The URI Inner Space Center (ISC) is part of the Ocean Exploration Trust\u2019s (OET) E\/V<em> Nautilus<\/em> operational infrastructure. Support is provided through six core functions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Telepresence infrastructure and operations:<\/strong> The ISC is the primary shore-based mission control hub for the vessel E\/V <em>Nautilus<\/em>. The facility receives and distributes high-definition video, audio, data, and communications from the vessel and ROVs (<em>Hercules<\/em> and <em>Argus<\/em>) to power the global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EVNautilus\"><em>Nautilus Live<\/em> broadcasts<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engineering and technological innovation:<\/strong> The ISC team continually adapts satellite, network, video, communications, and cloud technologies to make telepresence more capable and scalable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distributed &amp; remote science participation:<\/strong> The ISC extends the ship\u2019s scientific capacity beyond its limited physical bunk space. Shore-based scientists, students, engineers and other specialists use the real-time video, data, and communications to guide operations, evaluate data, trouble-shoot issues, and identify discoveries live.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Education, outreach &amp; public engagement:<\/strong> The ISC team transforms raw expedition feeds into live programming, broadcasts, and highly accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@nautiluslivediverecordings1064\">on-demand content<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Management of the exploration record:<\/strong> facilitating the distribution of data and video to archives, on-demand content, and maintaining and serving recordings of ROV dives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The URI Inner Space Center (ISC) is part of the Ocean Exploration Trust\u2019s (OET) E\/V Nautilus operational infrastructure. Support is provided through six core functions:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":613,"parent":311,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-313","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions\/768"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}