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Missing Submersible Titan Planned to Sample Titanic Site for Environmental DNA

Scientists planned to look for marine life growing on the wreck using new sampling technique

By Eric Niiler
The U.S. Coast Guard said rescue efforts for the missing submersible were relocated after a Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises on Wednesday. Photo: OceanGate Expeditions/AFP via Getty Images

OceanGate’s Titan voyage was planned as a mix of tourism and something else: Science.

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