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CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about American plans for space exploration after the space shuttle program. We tell how more and more
EXPLORATIONS - After 30 Years, the Space Shuttle Program Retires MARIO RITTER: I'm Mario Ritter. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we talk about the final American space shuttle flight. Last wee
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 11 July 2006 watch Shuttle report With most of its major tasks complete, including an investigation of the protective foam shield, the crew on board Discovery is cleared to return to Earth Monday. Yet, there's still plen
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS -July 2, 2002: Space Shuttle Flights Halted / Researchers Study Icelanders' Genes / Another Reason to Eat Green, Leafy Vegetables Broadcast: July 2, 2002 VOICE ONE: This is Steve E
New Yorkers Welcome Enterprise Space Shuttle Under blue skies, a barge bearing the space shuttle prototype Enterprise powered up the Hudson River Wednesday morning, past the New York skyline -- arriving midday at the Intrepid Sea, Air Space Museum. V
Retired Space Shuttle Makes Final Voyage Discovery took off after daybreak one last time, leaving its home of nearly three decades - NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But instead of blasting off, it rode atop a special 747 jumbo jet that ferrie
Like most twins, Scott Kelly says he and his brother, Mark, shared a lot as kids, even taking the same part-time jobs in high school. When we were 17 years old we worked for the same ambulance company. I think that at one point we even made pizzas to
The U.S. space shuttle program comes to an end this year, and a debate is underway over what should replace it. The retirement of the shuttle fleet could result in massive job losses in Florida. Thousands of workers protest in Titusville, Florida ove
Artist Inspired by Final Space Shuttle Launch Standing on the grounds of Kennedy Space Center, facing the launch pad as a space shuttle lifts off, is an experience that defies words. Friday's historic launch of Atlantis marks the beginning of the end
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
By David Gollust Washington 04 October 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a trip to Russia and the Middle East next week that will include five days of shuttling among Israeli and Palestinian officials. She will lay groundwork for t
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We tend to mark our successes in life, but what if we're thinking about it the wrong way? What if it's failure that shapes us? All this month in a series we're calling Total Failure, we will examine mistakes and how they change p
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
By David McAlary Washington 10 July 2006 U.S. space shuttle astronauts are on their second spacewalk in three days, acting as orbiting mechanics at the International Space Station. They are making repairs to the outpost's cooling system and its rail
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 07 June 2007 The first of four shuttle missions to the International Space Station this year is set for late Friday. Space shuttle Atlantis The shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad and everything looks good for Friday
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 08 Feb 2010 The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida before dawn, bound for the Inte
Brian Wagner | Miami 05 April 2010 Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 5 Apr 2010. Discovery's seven-member crew are on a mission to deliver science racks, the last of the crew quarters and supp
By Brian Wagner Miami 23 October 2007 The space shuttle Discovery has launched from Kennedy Space Center on a two-week mission to the International Space Station. VOA's Brian Wagner reports the seven astronauts on Discovery will deliver a new module
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
A: Is this where I catch the Super Shuttle? B:Yes, this is where you catch the Super Shuttle. Where are you headed? A:I am headed home to Pasadena. B: You can tell where each van is headed by the name on the front of the van. I am the driver for Glen