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And mission complete Huston after serving the world through 30 years. The space shuttle's kind of place its history. And it comes to its final stop. There's a lot of emotion today, but one thing is undisputable, America's not going to stop exploring,
The Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen, says the idea having BP step aside in handling the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not going to happen. To push BP out of the way would raise a question: replace them with what? Allen says BP
Sigüenza first learnt of Atlantis while studying to be a Jesuit where he came across the work of Athanasius Kircher whose 1665 map of the lost continent was the first in history. Expelled from the Je
Amid the spectacular ruins of the new world, the story of Atlantis would now take a different turn, becoming the focus for one man's bold quest to discover the truth about his country and himself. 30
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS -January 22, 2002: Finding Atlantis By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a VOA Special English program ab
Atlantis Crew Ready for Final Shuttle Mission The end of an era is near. The U.S. space shuttles - the complex workhorses of the U.S. space program - are being retired so NASA can focus on developing spacecraft that can travel beyond low-Earth-orbit.
This documentary film lost in the German archives played to packed audiences in German movie theaters in 1933. Not wanting to dispel the illusion of a great find, the archeologists remained evasive ab
When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1799, he took with him the largest collection of scholars ever to accompany a military campaign. The finds and discoveries made by Napoleon's archaeologists generated a
By Richard Green Washington 21 September 2006 The space shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before dawn Thursday, bringing a successful end to a mission that resumed the long-delayed construction of the International Spa
By David McAlary Washington 29 August 2006 The Mobile Launcher Platform sits on the crawlerway near the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida A drop in storm intensity has caused the U.S. space agency NASA to
Space Shuttle Era Closes with Atlantis' Landing The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its four-person crew landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before dawn, bringing to a close a program that began in 1981 and leaving the United States tempora
Atlantis Crew 'Honored' to Be On Final Shuttle Mission The space shuttle Atlantis is preparing for the final mission of the U.S. shuttle program next month. Atlantis's crew is excited and reflective before the space craft's last flight. The crew, led
By Richard Green Washington 09 September 2006 The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Sept. 9, 2006 (NASA TV) Officials with the U.S. space agency NASA say the space shuttle Atlantis appears
Nasa is entering the final stages of preparation for its last ever shuttle mission, but it is keeping a very careful eye on the Florida sky. The weather over the Space Coast was atrocious on Thursday, with torrential rain falling on the Atlantis orbi
By Brian Wagner Miami 07 February 2008 Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Thursday, carrying seven astronauts and a European built research module. The launch follows a two-month delay needed to fix a problem in the fuel ga
By Michael Bowman Washington 20 February 2008 The U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis is back on earth after delivering a new laboratory to the International Space Station. VOA's Michael Bowman has details from Washington. Sonic booms echoed over Florida as
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhuanet) -- The Atlantis mission to be launched by NASA on July 8 will not be an end to the space age, as some media suggest. Although it is the final mission of the space shuttle, it will open up the next chapter in the United Sta
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday morning after nearly two days of flight. Commander Christopher Ferguson guided space shuttle Atlantis to a docking with the station at 1
WASHINGTON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday hailed space shuttle Atlantis' final flight in NASA's shuttle program, saying Americans across the country watched with pride as America reached for the heavens once more. Obama exp
By Paul Sisco Washington 05 December 2007 The Shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad and ready to lift off on Thursday. The crew is scheduled to ferry a European laboratory module to the International Space Station. VOA's Paul Sisco has more. All seve