CCTV9英语新闻：China detains crew of Maltese cargo ship

Related reading: A Maltese cargo ship, which allegedly sank China's fish boat in East China Sea, has been detained by maritime authorities in east China. Some 20 crew members onboard, including the captain, were also controlled in Beilun in the city

VOA标准英语--Cargo Vessels Evade Detection, Raising Fears of Huge Trafficking Operations

Hundreds of ships are switching off their tracking devices and taking unexplained routes, raising concern the trafficking of arms, migrants and drugs is going undetected. Ninety percent of the worlds trade is carried by sea. Every vessel has an ident

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VOA标准英语2009年-Russia Arrests 8 Suspected Cargo Ship Hija

Russia says it has arrested eight people suspected of the mysterious hijacking of a cargo ship. The vessel disappeared after being boarded by hijackers off the coast of Sweden and then turned up off the coast of West Africa. There are still a number

VOA标准英语2013--Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo

Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo The prototype unveiled in this immense World War II hangar near Los Angeles is just half the size of the final working model. But the prototype is massive, at 75-meters-long. It is wide, flattened on the

2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft launched

China's first cargo spacecraft, the Tianzhou-1, was launched on Thursday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province. Tianzhou-1 is the first cargo ship independently developed by China and is expected to dock with the o

2017年CRI China's cargo spacecraft refuels space lab in orbit

China's first cargo spacecraft has refueled the Tiangong-2 space lab in orbit for the first time. Tianzhou-1, which was launched April 20th from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, successfully completed an automated dockin

2017年CRI China's first cargo spacecraft docks with Tiangong-2 space lab

China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 successfully docked with the Tiangong-2 space lab for the first time on Saturday. China has taken another step toward its goal of putting a space station into orbit around 2022, by sending its first cargo spa

2016年CRI World's largest radio telescope ＂can shed first light＂ in exploring universe: astronomers

The Five-hundred-meter wide Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is now operational in the mountains of Guizhou in southwest China. FAST has been designed to help Chinese researchers better understand our universe, as well as probe the cosmos for e

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VOA常速英语2007年-Scientist in Texas Runs NASA's Lunar Laser Prog

By Paul Sisco Washington 14 November 2007 At the McDonald Observatory in western Texas, a unique space program has been quietly underway for more than 30 years. It is called the Lunar Laser Ranging Program. VOA's Paul Sisco has more. Research scienti

VOA常速英语2008年-In Niger, Cargo Changes But Sahara Desert Traff

By Phuong Tran Northern Niger 27 February 2008 For centuries, routes through the Sahara Desert have been used to transport goods. In recent years,4x4 convoys of cocaine and hashish have joined caravans bearing salt, cigarettes and fuel. VOA reporter

2007年VOA标准英语-Hijacked Cargo Ships Released in Waters Off Som

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 April 2007 Somalia In Somalia, two cargo vessels that had been hijacked by pirates have been released. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. The first of the vessels seized, the MV Rozen , was in pirate hands for m

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CCTV9英语新闻：Foreign cargo ship grounded for sinking Chinese fishing boat

A foreign Cargo ship has been grounded for sinking a Chinese fishing boat with 19 on board in the East China Sea. An initial investigation showed that a Maltese cargo ship, the CATALINA, is suspected of hitting the local fishing boat. Two crew member

2016年CRI China's New Carrier Rocket to Launch 1st Cargo Spacecraft in 2017

Saturday's launch marks a key step towards China's plan to eventually operate a permanent space station, which is the final step of China's three-phased manned space program. The Long March-7 rocket has been designed as a cargo spacecraft, and is set

2016年CRI World's largest radio telescope completes installation

The construction of the project was started in 2011 with an investment of 1.2-billion yuan, or about 180 million US dollars. The 500 metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the size of 30 football fields. It's located in a hollow that was for