Applied Knowledge: NASA Aids the Chilean Rescue Effort “In the summer and fall of 2010, the world followed the story of thirty-three Chilean miners trapped nearly half a mile underground and celebrated their successful rescue in October. A team from NASA that included physicians, a psychologist, and engineers contributed to that success, providing knowledge gained from spaceflight programs to the government and experts dealing with this down-to-earth emergency. Traveling to […]

NASA TV Airs Interview Excerpts About Assistance to Trapped Miners in Chile “NASA has been asked by the Chilean government through the U.S. Department of State to provide technical advice that might assist the trapped miners at the San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile.” NASA to treat trapped Chilean miners, PressTV “It’s an opportunity to us to bring the space-flight experience back down to the ground,” said […]