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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

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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

Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite

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Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares for its Final

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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 sets up management body for orbiting space lab

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations planning, technical appraisal an

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

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