国家地理-2008-04-10 Women in Space 太空女性

In 1983, trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride blasted out of Earth's orbit, opening the world of space travel for women. Watch the stories of other pioneers who have followed her path to the stars. Since the US space program began in 1958, NASA has ach

万花筒 2008-09-27&09-28 神七升空！

Reuters. Live on Chinese State Television, a Chinese countdown. 6,5,4,3,2,1, 点火 And the Long March Rockets carrying a Shenzhou 7 spacecraft with three astronauts launches from a remote site in northwest China. The astronauts plan to make a space

CNN 2011-05-19

The space shuttle Endeavour taking off on its final endeavor. The launch was delayed due to mechanical problems, but NASA officials said those were all fixed. The shuttle and its crew are headed to the international space station. This is a 16-day mi

印度发射火箭 创下将104颗卫星送入太空纪录

A single Indian rocket launch Wednesday morning sent a record 104 satellites into space. The government-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the rocket launched from Sriharikota in eastern India. It broke Russias record of launching 37

VOA慢速英语2011--Deep Space Is Next Aim for NASA After Sh

THIS IS AMERICA - Deep Space Is Next Aim for NASA After Shuttles SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, we look at the Ameri

VOA标准英语10月-India Launches First Unmanned Mission to Moon

India has launched its first unmanned mission to the Moon. The mission is a major boost to the country's space program, as India joins Asian nations China and Japan in exploring the Moon. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi. In this photo pr

VOA标准英语2010-Veteran Astronauts Oppose President Obama

Veteran NASA astronauts gathered in Chicago to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. Despite a catastrophic explosion in 1970, Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert safely returned to Earth. The Adler Planetarium's anniver

VOA标准英语2010年-Astronaut Twins Rendezvous in Space

Like most twins, Scott Kelly says he and his brother, Mark, shared a lot as kids, even taking the same part-time jobs in high school. When we were 17 years old we worked for the same ambulance company. I think that at one point we even made pizzas to

VOA标准英语2011--Atlantis Crew 'Honored' to Be On Final S

Atlantis Crew 'Honored' to Be On Final Shuttle Mission The space shuttle Atlantis is preparing for the final mission of the U.S. shuttle program next month. Atlantis's crew is excited and reflective before the space craft's last flight. The crew, led

名校励志英语演讲 144:跨越物质的藩篱 让世界今非昔比(1)

Thank you, President Crow, for that extremely generous introduction, for your inspired leadership, as well, here at ASU. I want to thank the entire ASU community for the honor of attaching my name to a scholarship program that will help open the door

英语听力：自然百科 Women in Space 太空女性

Since the US space program began in 1958, NASA has achieved much in the realm of space exploration. From lunar landings to voyages into the depth of our solar system, NASA has built a storied history. In the early days, space was a men's world. All t

U.S. shuttle Endeavour undocks from space station

WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- After nearly 12 days together in orbit, U.S. space shuttle Endeavour(奋进号) undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday night, NASA announced on Monday. According to NASA, the undocking took place at 11:

Endeavour astronauts complete final spacewalk

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. astronauts conducted the fourth and final scheduled spacewalks for space shuttle Endeavour 's STS-134 mission on Friday morning, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced. The seve

NASA启动"百年星航"欲殖民火星

美国宇航局正在筹划一个名为百年星航的项目，计划在时机成熟时将载人航天器发送至火星，并让宇航员在那里定居，最终将火星拓展为人类的另一个领地。据悉，美国宇航局埃姆斯研究中心

VOA标准英语2010-NASA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Apoll

In April 1970, Apollo 13 was scheduled to land on the moon in NASA's bid to further explore the lunar surface. Instead, an in-flight explosion rocked the spacecraft, preventing astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise from landing on the m

Space Shuttle Endeavor Ready for its Last Mission

People are flocking to the central Florida coast for Friday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour(奋进号) , the second to last launch of a shuttle as NASA brings the three-decade-old program to an end. The space agency is expecting aro

VOA标准英语2010年-African American Astronauts Seek to Ad

February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada, a national observance that pays tribute to people and events that shaped the history of African-Americans and Canadians. It's also a time to educate people about the accomplishments of

美国国家公共电台 NPR China's Lunar Lander To Explore Moon's Far Side

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a new probe in orbit around the moon. And sometime earlier in this new year, it's expected to land on the Moon's far side, the side we never see from Earth. It is a Chinese probe. And as NPR's Joe Palca explains, although

As Space Shuttle Program Nears End, So Do Jobs

As crew members of the upcoming NASA space shuttle mission prepare for the final flight of the shuttle program, they say they are inspired by NASA's accomplishments, but also about the retirement of the shuttle fleet and lay-offs among the NASA commu

Who Was Neil Armstrong - 尼尔·阿姆斯特朗 THE DANGERS OF SPACE FLIGHT

THE APOLLO PROGRAM CAME AFTER THE GEMINI PROGRAM. APOLLO SPACECRAFT WERE BIGGER AND BETTER. NASA THOUGHT A MOON LANDING MIGHT HAPPEN IN 1967. THREE ASTRONAUTS WERE CHOSEN FOR THE FIRST APOLLO MISSIONROGER CHAFFEE, GUS GRISSOM, AND ED WHITE, THE KIND