But other analysts say the Russians might have secretly monitored the 1974 salvage mission or developed other independent sources of data.
The day that a routine salvage mission had become a gruesome tragedy.
Derelicts were not uncommon, and she wasn't especially interested in risking people on a pointless salvage mission.
During a salvage mission, the trio crash into and are stranded on a derelict alien spacecraft, which is on a collision course with the star.
Two of her most notable salvage missions came in April 1966 and in January 1971.
She performed salvage missions and training duty in the Subic Bay area until late May.
The target of the salvage mission lies 14,100 feet under water 90 miles south southwest of Oahu, Hawaii.
My people are working a salvage mission in the nebula, but if there's any way you can lend us a hand, we'd be grateful.
SAY this much for nationalism: its cultural salvage missions, however perversely motivated, can yield up fascinating flotsam.
Android: Commander should remember the first principle of salvage missions.