NASA's most important job was to send an American into space and return him safely to Earth.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

The group recommended that human life must not be risked simply to send equipment into space.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

But others note that Jupiter's powerful gravitational field can just as easily send an object into Earth's path as push it deeper into space.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

But before NASA could send an astronaut into space, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first person to travel in space.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Today we finish the story of the first American program to send a person into space.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

China put an astronaut into space in two thousand three, and it plans to send a robotic explorer to the moon two years from now.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The Gemini program would send two astronauts at a time into space.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

But first,we tell about one company's plan to send passengers into space.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Simmons say Havana has long relied on short wave radio to send encoded messages using a system that converts letters into numbers.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

North Korea informed international agencies it would send a satellite into space sometime between April 4 and 8.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Ghana's president spoke at the send-off. "He wants us to take our destiny into our own hands.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

The president also says he will send the military into battle only when needed, and will give them the necessary training and equipment.

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

Massey Energy Company did not send a representative to the hearing, saying it was not a formal investigation into the cause of the explosion.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

"Even though the United States is conducting attacks on Pakistan territory through drones, the United States does not have permission, if you will,to send its own forces into Pakistan territory,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"It's a matter of making certain that when I send young men and women into war, and I devote billions of dollars of U.S.taxpayer money, that it's making us safer."

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

"We must keep in mind how even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations into bankruptcy."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"That is why I will send our servicemen and women into harm's way only when it is necessary and ensure that they have the training and equipment they need when they enter the theater of war,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

"It is a promise that as long as I am your Commander in Chief, I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support you need to get the job done,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22