Space Exploration
Text & MP3 Files

1. The X-15: How a Plane Put NASA on the Path to Manned Space Flight
2. Project Mercury: The US Space Program Begins
3. In Race to Space, the Winner Was a Russian
4. Race to the Moon: The Days of Project Gemini
5. Race to the Moon: Gemini 6 and 7 Meet High Above Earth in 1965
6. Race to the Moon: NASA and the Early Apollo Flights of the 1960s
7. 'That's One Small Step for Man': The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
8. The Story of Apollo 13: 'Houston, We've Had a Problem Here'
9. NASA's Final Apollo Missions: The Last Footsteps on the Moon
10. 'Mercury 13' Women Followed a Dream but Could Never Live It
11. Teacher in Space Answers Questions From Students (4:00)
12. America's Space Agency Turns 50
13. Space Station Remains a Work in Progress, One Great Big Piece at a Time
14. It's a Zoo Up There in Space. Make That a Galaxy Zoo
15. A Direct Look at Five Planets Far From Our Solar System
16. New Telescope to Search for Life Beyond Earth
17. Part-Time Astronomer Makes a Rare Discovery Looking at Jupiter
18. Sounds of the Solar System Are Music to the Ears (of Space Scientists)
19. Criticism Weighs Heavy on New Solar System
20. Messenger Visits One of the Least Known Places in the Solar System: Mercury

Also Read These "Stories About People"

• Alan Shepard
• Carl Sagan
• Edwin Hubble

About

• These are good for people studying English because it is possible to read along while listening.
• These are in VOA's Special English.
• These will print very cleanly (without printing the MP3 player and menu.)
• The source of the original pre-edited material is http://voanews.com/specialenglish/.
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