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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

EXPLORATIONS - The X- 15 Rocketplane

EXPLORATIONS - The X- 15 Rocketplane By Marilyn Christiano Broadcast: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 (THEME) ANNCR: Explorations -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (THEME) The X-15

VOA慢速英语2011--Words and Their Stories: You Do Not Have to Be a Rocket Scientist

Words and Their Stories: You Do Not Have to Be a Rocket Scientist 词汇典故：这没什么难的 Hello. I'm Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English. 大家好，我是Phil Murray。今天由我给大家带来美国之音

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

Space Station Crew Returns / Mars Exploration Rovers

Broadcast: May 7, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. We have news about two exploration d

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

VOA慢速英语2013 Rocket Scientists Enjoy a Good Reputation

Rocket Scientists Enjoy a Good Reputation Hello. I'm Phil Murray with Words and Their Stories, a program in Special English. You do not need to be a rocket scientist. Americans hear these words often. People say them in schools, offices and factories

VOA慢速英语2011--Test of Big Space Rocket Set for Late 20

Technology Report - Test of Big Space Rocket Set for Late 2012 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. An American space company says a powerful new rocket should be ready for a test launch by the end of next year. The company is Space Exp

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

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

Russia sends military satellite into space

MOSCOW, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia successfully launched a Cosmos class military satellite on Monday, said spokesman of the Russian Space Forces Alexei Zolotukhin. A Soyuz-U carrier rocket carrying the military satellite blasted off from the Plesetsk

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

Russia launches rocket with Chinese satellite

MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket was launched on Friday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan with a Chinese communications satellite AsiaSat-7, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. Roscosmos' live

Tired of Vacationing on Earth? Go on space rides for $102,00

Tired of Vacationing on Earth? Go on space rides for $102,00 An American space tourism company that arranges multimillion-dollar treks to the International Space Station for the ultra-wealthy has struck a new deal to offer suborbital spaceflights for

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