Project Mohole
Then, with the start of Project Mohole in 1958, the U.S. took the lead. Located in Mexico near Guadalupe, the operation saw a team of engineers dig to a depth of over 600 feet through the Pacific Ocean bed. Eight years later, however, their funding was reduced, and Project Mohole was abandoned. Never did the Americans get to the mantle.
Project Mohole
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Their Turn
Then, it was the turn of the Soviets. A team of researchers began drilling down into the earth below the Pechengsky District, a sparsely inhabited area on the Kola Peninsula in Russia, on May 24, 1970. Their aim was simple: to penetrate into the crust of the earth as far as possible.
Their Turn
