# Ben Franklin

A 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/ben-franklin/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/ben-franklin/Ben%20Franklin.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/ben-franklin/Ben%20Franklin.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

At 8:56 P.M. (EDT) July 14, 1969, Grumman Aerospace Corporation’s research submarine Ben Franklin slipped beneath the surface of the Atlantic off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. Its mission: to investigate the secrets of the Gulf Stream as it drifted northward at depths of 600-2,000 feet; to learn the effects on man of a \[…\]