News tagged with rescue mission

Rescue shuttle moved to launch pad just in case

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Stranded whales transported to survival in N.Zealand

Thirteen pilot whales that survived a mass stranding in the far north of New Zealand were transported nearly a kilometre to calm waters and refloated on Saturday, conservation officials said.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on last Hubble mission

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Crew assigned on final NASA shuttle launch

NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of STS-335, the rescue mission that would fly only if needed to bring home the members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission, currently the final scheduled ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rescue missions underway to save Haiti's species from mass extinctions

Haiti is on the brink of an era of mass extinctions similar to the time when dinosaurs and many other species suddenly disappeared from the Earth, reports a biologist at Penn State University, who is announcing ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Safely on the move

How can rescue units be better protected during disaster operations or avalanche victims be found quicker? A new localization system connects satellite-based positioning systems with terrestrial locating aids and situation-dependent ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0