EXPLORATIONS - The Year in Space

EXPLORATIONS - The Year in Space By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS

VOA慢速英语2018 美国宇航局:私人公司即将登月

NASA: Private Companies to Make Next Moon Landing The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has announced that private companies will make Americas next moon landing. 美国宇航局宣布私营公司将完成美国的下一次登

Take Away English-Viking Ship Discovered 刚被发现的海盗船

The Viking longship might have looked like this. A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside. The vessel is believed to lie beneath 2 metres to 3 metres of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols,

Somali pirates seize Chinese ship 索马里海盗劫持中国船舶

Somali pirates have hijacked（劫持） a Chinese cargo ship with 25 crew on board, the EU's anti-piracy naval mission says. The De Xin Hai, which was transporting coal, was seized early on Monday in the Indian Ocean, about 1,100km (700 miles) east of t

VOA常速英语2007-US Navy Rescues Crew of North Korean Ship Off So

By Al Pessin Washington 30 October 2007 The U.S. Navy rescued the crew of a North Korean cargo ship off the coast of Somalia Tuesday, after it was attacked by unidentified men who took control of part of the vessel. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the P

VOA标准英语2009年-Somali Pirates Pushed off Ship, But Kill C

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 26 September 2009 Panama-flagged ship is seen docked in Mogadishu sea port, 25 Sep 2009 Somali pirates attempted to hijack a ship Thursday night in the Mogadishu port but were eventually scared away by a rescue effort. The Sy

VOA标准英语2010年-Explosion Sinks S. Korean Navy Ship in

South Korean officials are not yet pointing any fingers but say they are not ruling out the possibility that the vessel was the target of a North Korean torpedo attack. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) talks with Defense Minister Kim Tae-youn

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--Bacteria Thrive on Ocean Plastic Debris

Bacteria Thrive on Ocean Plastic Debris It takes about six weeks for a plastic bag or bottle to ride the surface currents from the U.S. East Coast to the Sargasso Sea, in the center of the North Atlantic. The area is a gyre, essentially a big whirlpo

2006年VOA标准英语-Replica of Settlers' Ship Sails to New York for

By Amanda Cassandra and Maha Saad / Voiced by Barbara Schoetzau New York 03 July 2006 A replica of one of the first ships to sail to America is in New York for the United States' independence day celebration on July 4th. Amanda Cassandra and Maha Sa

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EXPLORATIONS - Venus Express Spacecraft Explores Earth's Mysterious Sister PlanetBy Mario Ritter and Daniel Kirch Broadcast: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And

CCTV9英语新闻：韩国渡船灾难死亡人数上升到273人,失踪31人

The death toll of South Koreas capsized ferry has risen to 273, as divers searched the sunken ferry amid slower tidal currents. 31 passengers remain missing. No survivor had been reported since 172 people were saved from the ship on April 16th. South

First commercial spacecraft docks with space station

WASHINGTON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday and became the first commercial spacecraft to reach the orbital outpost. According to U.S. space agency NASA, the capsule was secure

VOA标准英语10月-Rival Somali Clans Holding Ukrainian Ship

Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying military hardware are denying reports that a disagreement among the gunmen about what to do with the ship has led to a fatal shootout. But as VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa

Italian Divers Resume Search of Wrecked Cruise Ship

Italian divers resumed their search Thursday for at least 21 people missing from a wrecked cruise ship off Italy's northwestern coast. Officials say divers began searching again after the operation was suspended Wednesday out of concern the Costa Con

Death Toll in Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Reaches Five

The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia. The huge vessel with more than 4,000 people on boa

Italy Says US, British Forces Freed Italian Ship

Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital

CCTV9英语新闻：Sansha's new passenger ship goes into operation

A new roll-on/roll-off ship delivered last month to China's southernmost city of Sansha has set off on its maiden voyage. The ship, the Sansha Number One, will increase cargo and passenger transportation capacity between the island groups in the Sout

China launches its largest patrol vessel

WUHAN, July 28 (Xinhua) -- China launched its largest and most advanced patrol vessel Haixun01 on Saturday in Wuhan, a city in central China's Hubei province, in a move to maintain its marine sovereignty and enhance its rescue efficiency. Haixun01 is

2016年CRI Chinese submarine rescue ship shines at RIMPAC

It will be the first mock submarine rescue drill in the history of the RIMPAC, a biennial war game which has been held since 1971. China's newest submarine rescue ship, the Changdao, is making its debut at this year's exercises, which will last until