Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1985, it took Robert Ballard eight days to find the R.M.S. Titanic around 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He hadn't originally come to that remote stretch of the North Atlantic to find a famous shipwreck. Officially, he was on a ...

The 1985 expedition that discovered Titanic was not originally funded to find the famous ocean liner. Robert Ballard was ...

While the discovery of the RMS Titanic in 1985 captivated the world, the true story behind its discovery is far more complex. The search was not solely driven by historical curiosity finding the ...

The sheer size of the vessel and the shoes were what struck Robert Ballard when he descended to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1986, the year after he and his crew from the Woods Hole ...

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Wichita native and oceanographer Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic on Sept. 1, 1985, after the ship sank in 1912.

FALMOUTH, Mass.FALMOUTH, Mass. — The sheer size of the vessel and the shoes were what struck Robert Ballard when he descended to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1986, the year after he and his crew ...

[This story originally ran in August 2025. April 15, 2026 is Titanic Remembrance Day and the 114th anniversary of the ship's sinking.] It was nearly two hours past midnight on Sept. 1, 1985, and ocean ...