Air Force pilot Gordon Cooper became an expert on the Redstone Rocket that would launch Mercury astronauts on short training flights.
VOA: special.2009.06.10
On Earth Day, the artist and building designer Maya Lin will launch a Web site about the Earth's endangered plants and animals.
VOA: special.2010.04.21
It rose perfectly. Someone on the launch crew spoke the words: "Good luck.And Godspeed."
VOA: special.2009.07.15
But it could launch Apollo spacecraft on test flights around the Earth.
VOA: special.2009.07.08
The launch was early on the morning of December twenty-first,nineteen sixty-eight.
VOA: special.2009.07.08
The launch took place without a problem on March twenty-third,nineteen sixty-five.
VOA: special.2009.06.24
Designs for launch rockets and spacecraft were agreed on.
VOA: special.2009.07.08
At a news conference,Mr.Barak indicated the Jewish State is prepared to launch a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
VOA: standard.2009.07.27
But Israel has warned time and again that if diplomacy fails, it might launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.
VOA: standard.2009.12.28
South Korea's delegate to those talks left Friday for Washington for high-level consulations on a diplomatic response to the launch.
VOA: standard.2009.03.27
The first launch attempt was postponed after technicians discovered a hydrogen leak while the ship was on the launch pad.
VOA: standard.2009.06.16
Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach said the crew did not let the one-day delay have a negative impact on them.
VOA: standard.2010.02.08
U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there will be consequences for Pakistan if Pakistani-based terrorists launch a successful attack on U.S.soil.
VOA: standard.2010.05.18
After that,space station partners will rely on Russian and private launch vehicles to ferry supplies to the orbiter.
VOA: standard.2010.04.05
Shuttle test director Stephen Payne said the lunar mission team agreed to allow Endeavour to take the launch pad,or range, on Wednesday.
VOA: standard.2009.06.16
And both parties seek the re-launch of negotiations as soon as possible, although there are differences between them on how to proceed,"
VOA: standard.2009.09.22
NASA officials say cameras mounted on Endeavour showed several pieces of debris falling away and hitting the shuttle during launch late Wednesday.
VOA: standard.2009.07.16
Engineers discovered the problem during fueling, and worried that any excess hydrogen on the launch pad could cause an explosion during engine ignition.
VOA: standard.2009.03.15
The military is expected to launch a full-scale assault on Taliban militants in the region bordering Afghanistan.
VOA: standard.2009.10.15
That means the long-range rocket, which international satellites have spotted on a North Korean launch pad, could fire its engines as early as Saturday.
VOA: standard.2009.04.01
and just as before, there are those who live in the mountains and cities who continue to launch attacks on federal forces and those of Ramzan Kadyrov.
VOA: standard.2009.03.26
Former U.N.Secretary-General Kofi Annan also warned of the harmful effects of the global recession on Africa during the launch of the annual report of the Africa Progress Panel.
VOA: standard.2009.06.10
The new schedule calls for Endeavour to lift off before dawn on Wednesday, the same day that NASA had hoped to launch a separate mission to survey the moon.
VOA: standard.2009.06.16
So what does it mean to be French today? President Nicolas Sarkozy has tapped another French staple the love of debate to launch a three-month, national conversation on the subject.
VOA: standard.2009.12.30
Instead,Posner urged the Council to pass a resolution encouraging Israel to investigate allegations through credible domestic processes and to call on the Palestinians to launch similar investigations to address allegations of Hamas abuses.
VOA: standard.2009.09.29
At a news conference, Clinton and her Indian counterpart said they had agreed to launch and be co-chairs of a "strategic dialogue" that will involve a wide range of government agencies on both sides.
VOA: standard.2009.07.20
Analysts say the latest attack is likely to push Pakistan to launch a long-awaited military offensive against terrorist bases in the Waziristan tribal region, which is also being used to launch attacks on international forces across the border in Afghanistan.
VOA: standard.2009.10.11
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