PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: Im Phoebe Zimmermann. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about an unusual man who had many abilities, Richard Buckminster Fuller. (MUSIC) PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: Buildin

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This is AP news minute. 1. President Barack Obama arrived in Hannover, Germany for talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday. The two held a bilateral meeting where the leaders discussed efforts to encounter the Islamic State and improve c

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What Is It Like to Become an Astronaut? 谁想成为一名宇航员? HOUSTON, TEXAS Colonel Terry Virts always knew he wanted to be a pilot or an astronaut. He had pictures of galaxies and planes on his walls as a child. He never thought he could act

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AZUZ: Running a marathon is tough no matter where you do it. For instance, take the International Space Station. That`s where British astronaut Tim Peake is right now. This is video of him training on earth. He was getting ready to run this weekend`s

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A small step for a man, but a really big one for tiny robots. Meet Kirobo , the Japanese robot astronaut. Kirobo was created in a joint effort by the University of Tokyo and the Japanese Robotics Company, RoboGarage. The little humanoid robot was des

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Illinois Senator Barack Obama swept all the Democratic contests yesterday. He won caucuses in Nebraska, Washington State and the Virgin Islands and the Louisiana primary. From New Orleans, NPR's Greg Allen

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TwitterGoogle+EmailRACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few years ago, an airplane touched down on a grass runway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and out stepped microbiologist Kate Rubins. KATE RUBINS: If you put your finger on a map in the middle of Africa,

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EXPLORATIONS - The Evolution of Spacesuits STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the special clothes astronauts wear that protect them while they

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What It Takes to Be an Astronaut 成为一个宇航员是什么样子? Is it your dream to fly and to work in space? Do you want to be a NASA astronaut? Like many jobs, the first thing would be to fill out the application. A recording-breaking 18,300

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The Martian Mixes Science, Science Fiction The Hollywood film, The Martian, opens to U.S. audiences on October 2. Actor Matt Damon stars as an astronaut left alone on Mars. His crew returned to Earth thinking he had died in a windstorm. Damons charac

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AS IT IS 2016-09-10 US, Russian Astronauts Return After 6-Month Space Station Mission 美俄宇航员在太空工作6个月后返回地球 One American astronaut and two Russians landed safely in Kazakhstan Wednesday after spending nearly six months

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He dreamed a lot. He had good dreams. He had bad dreams. Sometimes, he had strange dreams. He dreamed he was a cowboy. He rode a horse and gunned down bandits. He dreamed of being an astronaut. He orbited the earth in a spaceship with zero gravity. T

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Sports Mascots / Neil Armstrong / Music by Jen Chapin By Caty Weaver Broadcast: Friday, April 02, 2004 (THEME) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (THEME) This

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英语作文 中文提示:2003年10月15日我国成功发射神州五号载人宇宙飞船,这是继1999年我国第一艘无人飞船神州一号发射以来的又一次伟大的壮举,它向全世界充分显示出中国的科学技术实力。许多航天科技人员和杨利伟等航天人为此做出了巨大的贡献。你对上述内容有何感想。对

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WASHINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. astronauts conducted the fourth and final scheduled spacewalks for space shuttle Endeavour 's STS-134 mission on Friday morning, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced. The seve

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日本女宇航员的时尚太空服 An illustration of an outfit made by Japanese fashion design Tae Ashida for astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, who is on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Ashida put together a light blue cardigan

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1. High winds and heavy rains pounded sections of the Midwest. Several tornadoes touched down in Indiana. Flooding threatened residence across Ohio. And storms in Tennessee brought down power lines and trees. 2. Protesters continuing today in Yemen.

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1. Twitter trended its first day as a public trade company. The stock opened at 45.10 a share, 73% above its initial offering price. Twitter was the most anticipated IPO since Facebook. 2. The government says it will be going to require a gradual pha

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Former U.S. astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61 years old. Ride, who earned four degrees, including a doctorate in physics, from Stanford University was pa

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Yal: So Don, did you always want to be a radio producer? Don: Well, not always, Yal. When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut. Y: Really? How cute! D: No, seriously. I've always dreamed of traveling in space, floating in zero gravity, gazing down

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