WORDS AND THEIR STORIES(29) - Rocket Scientist

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Rocket Scientist By Jerry Watson Broadcast: Sunday, November 28, 2004 Hello, I'm Phil Marily with Words and Their Stories, a program in Special English. You do not need to be

美国国家公共电台 NPR SpaceX Reuses A Rocket To Launch A Satellite

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So in case you were considering traveling to space, the private company SpaceX wants to make space flight a lot cheaper. And to do that, it plans to reuse its rockets over and over again. As NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports, the first

英语博客：A rocket launch.

It was a windy, sunny day. You certainly needed to have a jacket on, as the wind was blowing down from the snow-capped hills. The crowd had gathered in the park, as scheduled. Everyone was excited, and waiting for the teacher to appear. A few passers

SpaceX's New Rocket Ready for First Flight

SpaceXs huge rocket makes its first launch this week. It will leave from the same launch pad that sent men to the moon almost 50 years ago. The rocket, called the Falcon Heavy, could be launched as early as Tuesday. When it does, it will be the most

China to launch Shenzhou-8 early November

JIUQUAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China will launch the spacecraft Shenzhou-8 in early November at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest deseart area. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to perform China's first space docking with Tiangong-1, o

VOA标准英语2009年-South Korea Postpones First Rocket Launch

With just minutes to go before liftoff, South Korean engineers postponed the launch of the country's first space-bound rocket. The delay comes as a disappointment to many who looked forward to the launch as a milestone of national pride. Excitement

英语新闻视频：Rocket launch a boost for California start-up

This is Xaero - a vertical take-off and landing vehicle being developed by Masten Space Systems. The California start-up hopes the rocket will eventually carry pay-loads for NASA to altitudes of up to 30 kilometres, mainly to collect atmospheric data

Launch delays "will not affect Shenzhou"

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The unmanned Shenzhou VIII, part of China's first spacecraft rendezvous and docking mission, will be launched in early November. Niu Hongguang, deputy commander-in-chief of the program, said on Tuesday the launch has

Ariane 5 launch aborted due to technical hitch

BEIJING, Apirl 1 (Xinhuanet) -- An Ariane rocket launch of two communications satellites was aborted Wednesday after a technical hitch at the scheduled moment of liftoff in French Guiana on Wednesday. According to Arianespace, the Ariane 5 rocket's V

China launches new mapping satellite

JIUQUAN, Gansu, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched its Tianhui I-02 mapping satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province at 3:10 p.m. Sunday. The satellite, which was launched using a Long March 2-

Russia resumes launch of Proton-M carrier rocket

MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a military spacecraft blasted off early Wednesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the first launch since a series setbacks of Russian rocket launch in August. Colon

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran: Rocket With Animals Sent Into Sp

Iran says it sent a research rocket carrying live animals into space Wednesday, prompting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hail the country's scientific achievements as miraculous. Iran's state-run Press TV said the rocket contained a rat, two turtle

China launches Ziyuan III satellite

TAIYUAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. The satellite, a high-resolution remote-sensing satellite for civilian use, was launched at

NASA announces design of new rocket

BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA recently unveiled its new rocket design, named Space Launch System (SLS), according to media reports. The rocket will make its first unmanned flight in 2017, and the flight with astronauts aboard won't happen unti

2018年CRI First rocket privately developed in China launched successfully

China's first privately-developed carrier rocket for commercial use, called Chongqing Liangjiang Star, was launched from a test base in northwest China on Thursday morning, reports thepaper.cn. Designed by OneSpace, a private domestic space technolog

China reschedules launch of unmanned space module

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have decided to reschedule the launch of the Tiangong-1, an unmanned space module, due to the failed launch of an experimental orbiter, a spokesperson with the project said Thursday. The decision to del

CCTV9英语新闻：New video showing moment of US rocket explosion

There are some footage for you of the moment when an unmanned NASA rocket bound for the International Space Station, exploded upon launch on Tuesday evening. These are amateur videos gathered by the Associated Press. The rocket blew up over the Virgi

2016年CRI China's New Carrier Rocket to Launch 1st Cargo Spacecraft in 2017

Saturday's launch marks a key step towards China's plan to eventually operate a permanent space station, which is the final step of China's three-phased manned space program. The Long March-7 rocket has been designed as a cargo spacecraft, and is set

CCTV9英语新闻：New sounding rocket successfully launched in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully launched a new sounding rocket, Kunpeng-1B, in Hainan Danzhou early Wednesday. The rocket reached a flight height of 300 kilometers for the first time. Its arrow configuration of altitude control system and ca

CCTV9英语新闻：Russia launches 3 satellites via one rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome

Photo taken on April 28, 2016 shows the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with three small satellites -- Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218 from the newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region. (Xinhua/Sputnik) Photo taken on