Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble哈勃望远镜的困境 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 What is the special importance of a telescope in space? T h

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US Law Could Block Astronaut Activities on Space Station 美国法律禁止宇航员在空间站活动 Now that the U.S. space shuttle Discovery is back on Earth, future shuttle missions are postponed

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In 1983, trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride blasted out of Earth's orbit, opening the world of space travel for women. Watch the stories of other pioneers who have followed her path to the stars. Since the US space program began in 1958, NASA has ach

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Photo: NASA US forces in Iraq speak with 2 NASA astronauts aboard the ISS in a video downlink aired on NASA TV about life on the station, their military careers and what it is like to live in space for up to 6 months, 29 Dec 2009 When many Americans

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NASA Tests Power System to Support Manned Missions to Mars United States government agencies say the first tests of a very small nuclear power system designed for missions to Mars have been successful. 美国政府机构表示,为火星任务设计的

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New findings from an American space rover on Mars show that much of the planet might have been too salty to sustain life. But scientists are not ruling out the possibility of life altogether, as Sky's Alistair Bunkall reports Of all the planets in t

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The US president Barack Obama says he is deeply saddened by the another mass shooting in the United States, the government has opened fire at a Sikh Temple just outside of Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, at least seven people are dead including the gunman,

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Unit 9 Text A Pre-reading Activities 1. As you listen to the conversation, note down the answers to the following questions: What is the destination of the mission that's just been approved? _____ Wha

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Citizen-Scientists Take Control of Old Satellite 平民科学家控制旧卫星 For the first time, the American space agency has given control of one of its spacecraft to a team of citizen-scientists. The satellite was launched in 1978 and had not b

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GWEN IFILL:And we close tonight with a look back as astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. He died on Saturday at the age of 82. NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien has this remembrance. MILES O'BRIEN (voice-over):It is undoubt

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Mars Rover to Begin Taking Soil Samples This Week Jessica Berman NASA engineers say the Mars rover will begin taking its first soil samples as soon as it departs the landing platform . Engineers say t

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This is AP news minute. 1. House republicans have nominated representative Paul Ryan to became the next speaker. Ryan won on secret ballot of the house's 247 republicans. The full house is expected to elect Ryan as speaker on Thursday. 2. A deputy wh

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People in America - Alan Shepard, 1923-1998: The First American to Fly in Space SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Each week we tell about someone important

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Space Shuttle in Orbit but Future Flights Suspended By Caty Weaver,Jerilyn Watson,... Broadcast: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA S

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MUSIC: Our World theme Straight ahead on Our World: The U.S. space agency pulls the plug on its plan to return humans to the moon; pictures from Pluto reveal dramatic changes in the dwarf planet; and a new web-based English/Creole dictionary for reli

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The Tiangong-1 is now undergoing its final preparations for its launch tonight from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. Ahead of the historic launch, CRI secured an opportunity to talk to one of the few astronauts who has spent time living

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今天我们要学的词是blast。 Blast, 做为动词,有强烈批评的意思。 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick blasted Arizona's new immigration law, 麻萨诸塞州州长帕特里克对亚利桑那州新出炉的移民法提出强烈谴责

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The first ever portable computer was very big and very heavy. Released in 1981, it weighed nearly 11 kilos and folded up, it looked a bit like you were carrying a sewing machine. But at least there wasn't much chance you'd leave it on the bus - unlik

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THE APOLLO PROGRAM CAME AFTER THE GEMINI PROGRAM. APOLLO SPACECRAFT WERE BIGGER AND BETTER. NASA THOUGHT A MOON LANDING MIGHT HAPPEN IN 1967. THREE ASTRONAUTS WERE CHOSEN FOR THE FIRST APOLLO MISSIONROGER CHAFFEE, GUS GRISSOM, AND ED WHITE, THE KIND

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France says it turned away nearly 3.5 thousand people from its borders since a state of the emergency with introduced after last month attacks in Paris. The French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said they were refused entry because they posed a

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