Titanic founder remains in 'heat of the battle' from CT command center Josh LaBella FacebookTwitterEmail Undersea explorer Robert D. Ballard sits in a control room at an undisclosed land-bound location in Connecticut that is used to connect with his exploration ship, E/V Nautilus and control his submersibles when not on board the ship. Ballard, an American oceanographer and marine geologist whose pioneering use of deep-diving submersibles laid the foundations for deep-sea archaeology, is best known for discovering the wreck of the Titanic in 1985.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media From a command center in an undisclosed location in Connecticut, Robert Ballard can reach out and touch the deepest depths of the ocean.