Unseen Oceans on Instagram: "NASA has never actually stopped exploring the ocean; rather, the way they explore has shifted from deep-sea diving to high-tech satellite monitoring from space. The persistent online rumor that they "quit" in 1958 or 1978 to escape a "scary discovery" is a viral myth often found on social media. In reality, 1978 was the year NASA launched Seasat, the first-ever satellite dedicated to oceanography, marking the beginning of their modern era of ocean research. ​Today, N

Unseeen World on Instagram: "NASA never stopped exploring the ocean; rather, its role in oceanic research evolved into a more specialized partnership with other government agencies. While a common social media theory suggests NASA "fled" the deep sea due to a mysterious discovery in 1958, the agency was actually created that year specifically for aeronautics and space. By the 1970s, as the U.S. government restructured its scientific efforts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (N