Come aboard R/V Sally Ride, America’s newest research vessel. Owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, the 238-foot state-of-the-art ship is one of the most technologically advanced oceanographic research vessels in the world. Tour the sampling stations and laboratories where the scientists collect their data, meet some of the ship’s crew and Scripps Institution of Oceanography leaders, and see the ship’s main work deck and living spaces.

Sally Ride’s primary objective is to investigate the workings of Earth’s oceans and atmosphere to help address some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges. The ship will host researchers who pursue new solutions to issues such as climate change impacts and adaptation, human health, and environmental hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The vessel is named in honor of the late Sally Ride, the first American woman in space as part of NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger crew and member of UC San Diego’s physics faculty.