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EXPLORATIONS - Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery Map a Nation By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: This is Mary Tillotson with the VOA Special English p
Making a Discovery Pierre: How does it feel to be on the cusp of a new discovery? Irene: Lets not jump the gun. Weve made some major leaps forward, but Im not sure Id call what weve done so far revolutionary. Pierre: Not yet, but youre close to a bre
Discovery Diane Ackerman/迪安.阿克曼 The word discovery literally means, uncovering something thats hidden from view. Butwhat really happens is a change in the viewer. The familiar offers comfort few can resist, andfewer still want to disturb. B
By Paul Sisco Washington 30 May 2008 Saturday's shuttle mission to the International Space Station can come none too soon for station crew members. A broken toilet has had them using a backup system, and they need a new pump mechanism. The crew of th
At just a few months old, shes attracting an awful lot of interest. Lyuba, the baby mammoth is the best-preserved prehistoric animal ever found. She might just be a baby, experts reckoned she drowned at the tender age of three or four months, but sh
As Discovery begins its 39th and final mission into Earth's orbit Thursday, America's 30-year space shuttle program comes one step closer to its scheduled end this April. The aging fleet of reusable spacecraft has become an American technology icon,
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The first new original Star Trek TV show in a dozen years debuted on CBS last night - Star Trek: Discovery. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says the show goes where no Trek show has gone before. It's a prequel to the original Star Tre
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 week, space shuttle Atlantis returned to Kennedy Space Center in Flo
The space shuttle Discovery's crew experienced a first on the shuttle's last full day in orbit. Our correspondent reports on the astronauts' welcome wake-up call Tuesday morning. If you have to wake up for work, an acoustic solo certainly beats a buz
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an American spacecraft that has a date with a comet. We hear the latest about a Space Shuttle commander whose wife co
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
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
The U.S. space shuttle(航天飞机) Discovery has docked at the International Space Station on its final voyage into outer space. The shuttle paused on its way to the orbiting outpost Saturday to perform a 360 degree backflip(后翻滚), a m
The Space Shuttle Discovery is now on its way to the International Space Station after what NASA calls a picture perfect launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday. This is the last flight of the oldest and most-travelled of the US shut
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
Crews at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the Space Shuttle Discovery for its final launch, scheduled for Thursday. Among the things it will carry to the International Space Station will be a humanlike robot designed to help astronau
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
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, ending its nearly 27-year flying career as the world's most- traveled spaceship(宇宙飞船). According to NASA, Disc