US Space Agency Returns to Mars with InSight Lander

The American space agencys lander InSight is to arrive on Mars Monday. The event will mark the space agencys return to the planet. Unlike NASAs Curiosity rover, which arrived in 2012, InSight will not move across the planets surface. Instead it will

VOA慢速英语2018 欧洲和日本的宇宙飞船开启7年的水星之旅

European, Japanese Spacecraft Begins Seven-Year Trip to Mercury European and Japanese space agencies have successfully launched a spacecraft as part of a joint effort to study Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. 欧洲和日本航天机构成功发

NPR 2008-12-21

Much of the northern half of the nation is in the grip of an arctic air mass and is bracing for another wave of snow and ice. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports. People in western Washington State are gearing up for a Mega-storm, that description is from a lo

【轻松英文阅读】机器人技术的突破

A small step for a man, but a really big one for tiny robots. Meet Kirobo , the Japanese robot astronaut. Kirobo was created in a joint effort by the University of Tokyo and the Japanese Robotics Company, RoboGarage. The little humanoid robot was des

VOA慢速英语2017 新发现的太阳系与我们的太阳系相匹配

Newly Discovered Solar System Matches Our Own The American space agency NASA and the technology company Google have identified an eighth planet in a faraway solar system. 美国宇航局和谷歌科技公司已经发现了一个遥远的类太阳系中

NPR 2009-09-05

A NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan has killed or wounded at least 90 people, most of them believed to be Taliban fighters. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more from Kabul. NATO says its aircraft targeted two fuel tankers that Taliban fighters

VOA标准英语2008年-Astronauts Install Japanese Lab on Space Statio

By Kent Klein Washington 03 June 2008 Astronauts at the International Space Station have attached a $1 billion Japanese laboratory to the orbiting outpost. During a space walk Tuesday, mission specialists Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan unlocked the

VOA慢速英语 2007 1205b

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about a system of planets orbiting a star called Fifty-Five Cancri. And we hear about a plan to harvest electricity from cro

VOA慢速英语2014 在登陆月球45年后,太空竞赛已经不复存在

AS IT IS 2014-07-19 Space Race is No More, 45 Years after Moon Landing 在登陆月球45年后,太空竞赛已经不复存在 Forty-five years ago, humans visited another world for the first time. Two American astronauts stepped out of their spacecra

VOA慢速英语2014 飞船历史性的在彗星上着陆

Young Technology Expert Works to Stop Car Thefts Kenya is East Africas largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. But so is the citys crime rate -- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory says thieves steal an average of 10 cars each

2006年VOA标准英语-Astronauts Perform Construction Work on Space S

By David McAlary Washington 12 September 2006 The International Space Station has received a new pair of giant solar energy panels that will double the amount of power to the outpost. Spacewalking astronauts have begun the task of connecting them to

2007年VOA标准英语-Scientists, Engineers Reflect on Space Progress

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 September 2007 The space age began 50 years ago this October, when the former Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, sparking a U.S.-Soviet space race. Scientists and engineers gathered at the California

VOA标准英语2012--NASA Reflects on Past, Plans for Mars

NASA Reflects on Past, Plans for Mars U.S. astronaut John Glenn first orbited the Earth 50 years ago on February 20, 1962. And when he returned, an adoring public greeted him, along with a burgeoning U.S. space program that propelled men to the moon

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-06-29

June 29th 1972In Washington, the US Supreme Court effectively voids state death penalty laws with its decision in Furman vs. Georgia. The Court rules against how states are administering the death penalty at the time, calling their laws arbitrary and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-06-29

June 29th 1972In Washington, the US Supreme Court effectively voids state death penalty laws with its decision in Furman vs. Georgia. The Court rules against how states are administering the death penalty at the time, calling their laws arbitrary and

俄罗斯联盟号宇宙飞船与国际空间站对接

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station after a flawless rendezvous. It came two days after the spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft brought a Russian cosmonaut, a NASA as

VOA常速英语2007年-Shuttle Lands After Mission to Space Station

By Brian Wagner Miami 07 November 2007 The crew of the space shuttle Discovery has returned to Earth after completing a more than two-week mission to the International Space Station. VOA's Brian Wagner reports that the astronauts performed crucial co

Chinese general calls for international cyber space rules

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, on Monday urged the international community to make joint efforts to formulate rules for cyber space as the world is faced with grim c

Japan, U.S. agree to monitor ships from space

TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan and the United States on Monday held their first meeting of the Comprehensive Dialogue on Space and agreed to cooperate in monitoring ships from space, local media report. In a joint statement after the meeting, the

经济学人:空间探索:拂去尘埃(1)

Science and technology: Space exploration: Dusting yourself down 科技：空间探索：拂去尘埃 A new space suit could resist the damaging effects of sharp lunar dust. 一款新型的宇航服能够抵抗尖利的月尘带来的破坏性影响。