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News Spotlight (3) NEWS 1 政治 1) NATO Ambassadors are 2) due to resume talks later today to try to resolve a damaging dispute over its preparations in the event of a war with Bagdad. On Tuesday, me

大千世界: 蠕虫被送往外太空

Worms seem like strange animals to send to the International Space Station. It's not like astronauts are going to take time off to go fishing and need to bait their hooks. So why send worms? Believe it or not, scientists are using a microscopic worm,

Shuttle1 Investigation

Broadcast: May 10, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English program, In the News. Investigators say they now believe they know what caused the American space shuttle Columbia to break apar

Capsule from Genesis Space Probe Crashes in Utah Desert

By Jessica Berman Scientists with the U.S. space agency NASA have begun investigating the crash landing Wednesday of the Genesis space capsule in Utah. The mission came to a disastrous end when a para

AP 2012-04-23

1. Attorneys for a Texas nurse accused of fatally shooting a mother and speeding away with the dying woman's newborn son say they plan to evaluate her mental state. Lawyers for Verna McClain say she was confused, visibly upset and mumbling to them du

NPR 2010-01-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks in Afghanistan Wednesday including the one that killed eight Americans inside a US intelligence base in southeastern Khost province. Seven of

CNN 2009-03-24

Glad you are with us everyone. I am Catherine Callaway and here is a look at whats happening Now In The News. The Treasury Department has unveiled a bank rescue plan that will help banks remove billions of dollars in toxic assets from their books. T

Bush: US Determined to Carry on Space Exploration

Broadcast: Feb 04, 2003 President Bush says America is determined to carry on the space exploration that was so important to the crew of the space shuttle Columbia. Mr. Bush says the seven astronauts

7 Astronauts Killed as Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up on R

Broadcast: Feb 01, 2003 The U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart in mid-air Saturday minutes before it was to return to Earth. The U.S. space agency, 1) NASA, says none of the seven astronauts aboa

CNN 2009-07-21

Good afternoon from the CNN center in Atlanta. I m Reggie Aqui. Here's what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. In India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has wrapped up talks in New Delhi with the signing of two agreements. One of them designates sit

NPR 2009-03-13

Disgraced New York money manager Bernard Madoff has pleaded guilty to all 11 criminal charges related to a massive Wall Street Ponzi scheme he had masterminded over the past two decades. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports from New York. Madoff told a

Columbia Investigation

By Paul Thompson Broadcast: September 10, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Seven astronauts and

VOA慢速英语2013 联合国需要数十亿美元来帮助数百万人

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AS IT IS 2015-09-20 NASA’s Astronauts Reach Halfway Point of Year in Space

AS IT IS 2015-09-20 NASAs Astronauts Reach Halfway Point of Year in Space Right now, as you go about your business, two humans are passing above you in outer space. American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko reached the ha

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CNN 2008-02-17

Hello everyone, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Maryland police are investigating a deadly street racing accident that happened early this morning in Prince Georgia's county

Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense Ministry(国防部) , Interfa

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

US Astronaut Leroy Chiao: "Make China Our New Partner in Space"

The Tiangong-1 is now undergoing its final preparations for its launch tonight from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. Ahead of the historic launch, CRI secured an opportunity to talk to one of the few astronauts who has spent time living

China reschedules launch of unmanned space module

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have decided to reschedule the launch of the Tiangong-1, an unmanned space module, due to the failed launch of an experimental orbiter, a spokesperson with the project said Thursday. The decision to del