An Ohio billionaire who's flown to space and explored the Mariana Trench has set his sights on a new adventure: the Titanic shipwreck.
Real estate investor Larry Connor, 74, will take the ocean voyage with Patrick Lahey, cofounder and CEO of Triton Submarines. The submersible manufacturer confirmed their collaboration in a May Instagram post, calling it "groundbreaking."
The pair told The Wall Street Journal in May that they would travel to the Titanic wreck site to prove it can be done safely after last year's OceanGate tragedy.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and four other passengers died after the company's Titan submersible imploded on the way to the Titanic shipwreck site.
"I want to show people worldwide that while the ocean is extremely powerful, it can be wonderful and enjoyable and really kind of life-changing if you go about it the right way," Connor told the outlet.
Even before announcing his deep-ocean ambitions, Connor has sought thrills on land and in Earth's orbit.
Here's what we know about Connor.