Space News

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a space rock that

英语大赢家 上册 081.Topic 1停错车位 Wrong Parking

经典背诵 Recitation Benjamin: I never like cars. Parking a car is especially a big trouble for me. The security guard would always come up and check if I've parked in right space. I wonder whether he does the same thing to the others. Anyway he i

Preparing for a Walk in Space

Broadcast: June 4, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Ray Freeman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how astronauts prepa

Bush: US Determined to Carry on Space Exploration

Broadcast: Feb 04, 2003 President Bush says America is determined to carry on the space exploration that was so important to the crew of the space shuttle Columbia. Mr. Bush says the seven astronauts

2006年VOA标准英语-The Marketing of Space

By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 17 July 2006 watch Space Marketing report Companies eager to expand their market share are turning their attention to the sky and beyond. In the age of globalization, space is the final frontier for advertisers. ------

2007年VOA标准英语-NASA Mission to Seek Polar Lights' Energy Sourc

By David McAlary Washington 18 February 2007 The U.S. space agency NASA has launched five satellites - the most ever from one rocket - to locate the source of energy in Earth's magnetic field that triggers the colorful, dancing auroras over the north

英语情景对话：Getting a Parking Ticket(3)

A: Did you ever get a parking ticket? B: No, have you? A: Yeah, I just got one the other day. B: How'd you get a ticket? A: The ticket was for parking in the red zone. B: I don't understand why you would do that. A: There was nowhere to park, and I n

英语情景对话：Getting a Parking Ticket(1)

A: Have you ever gotten a parking ticket? B: I've never gotten one. Have you? A: I got a ticket yesterday. B: Really? What did you get one for? A: I parked in the red zone. B: Why did you do that? A: I needed to get something real quickly. B: Where d

英语情景对话：Getting a Parking Ticket(2)

A: Have you gotten a parking ticket before? B: No, I haven't. What about you? A: I got a ticket a couple of days ago. B: What did you do? A: I got it for parking in the red zone. B: Why would you park in the red zone? A: I had to run in and get somet

儿童故事集：The Beauty and Sir Basil

We reach the fifteenth chapter of our Waking Beauty series, and some of the mystery surrounding Princess Talia will be revealed. The city of Oxford has fallen asleep under a cloud of fog. Only Basil and one or two others are awake. He meets Princess

VOA常速英语2007-US Space Shuttle Docks at International Space St

By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

Space junks threaten future mission

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of space junks floating in Earth's orbit has reached a critical level, warned scientists. The future space missions may become too dangerous to fly for a risk of colliding with space junks, said a report rel

2007年VOA标准英语-Russian Cosmonauts Target Kazakh City for Earth

By Valer Gergely Kazakhstan 18 May 2007 Soyuz capsule re-enters Earth A Russian cosmonaut and two American astronauts returned to Earth last month, landing in Central Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz re-entry vehicle. VOA correspondent Valer Gergely visit

Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense Ministry(国防部) , Interfa

Working in Project Space

Working in Project Space One of the givens in David Allens Getting Things Done is that you cant do a project. Instead, Allen recommends you break projects down into immediate next actions, discrete doable chunks that can be cranked through with a min

Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares for its Final

The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has completed its work at the International Space Station on its 39th and final mission, and is preparing for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle success

US Space Program Goes Commercial

This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

China accomplishes first space docking

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface. Nearly two days after it was launched, the unmanned spacecr

China sends its first female to space

JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- She is a wife. She belongs to China's one-child generation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Liu Yang becomes the country's first woman entering space. The home-grown Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier