Hercules
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The expedition used the remotely operated vehicle Hercules, which recorded extensive video footage that was later archived for public access and annotated by researchers at UH Mānoa.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Hercules bench set, composed of five seats made from the same slab of eucalyptus, $12,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The plane, a Hercules used for transporting troops, came down near the town of Puerto Leguízamo, in Putumayo province.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
The aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130, was lifting off from Puerto Leguízamo, a town on the Putumayo River across from Peru, when it went down, said Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
This miracle—it was nothing less—of recalling Hercules, from frenzied feeling and violent action to sober reason and sorrowful acceptance, was not wrought by a god descending from the sky.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Nova V1674 Herculis was one of the fastest ever recorded, rising and fading within days.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at the Herculis EBS meeting in Monaco on July 21, two weeks before his final world championships appearance in London, organizers said on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2017
Bernard Lagat, a former Washington State standout, improved his American record in the 5,000 meters when he finished second in the Diamond League Herculis meet in Monaco.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2011
Such a one was Nova Herculis, the famed "new star" of 1934.
From Time Magazine Archive
The point to which the solar system is tending is marked by the sign of the earth below π Herculis.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Henry White Warren
