In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh made the first manned descent to the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the bathyscaphe Trieste. They took several photographs during their dive, including one of Piccard holding a sign that says "U.S. Navy."
Since then, there have been a number of other manned and unmanned expeditions to the Challenger Deep. In 2012, James Cameron made a solo descent to the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. He spent several hours exploring the area and took numerous photographs and videos.