A budget proposal by President Obama cancels the American space agencys plans for manned spaceflights to a lunar station.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

He says a lot of it can be avoided just by choosing the right plant for the right space.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

The repairs carried out in May by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis are expected to be the last.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

The first pictures of Earth taken from space showed a solid ball covered by brown and green landmasses and blue-green oceans.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

It was one of eleven scientific devices carried by the Chandrayaan-One spacecraft of the Indian Space Research Organization.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

The Kepler space telescope looks for planets by measuring tiny decreases in the brightness of stars when planets cross in front of them.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

The team made the discovery by measuring the speed at which our galaxy is moving through space.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The loss of the space shuttle Columbia in February of two thousand three led to an investigation by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

NASA scientists had tried to solve the problem by designing new tools for use in space.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

The X-15 was the first major investment by the United States in manned space flight technology.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

Many images in the movie are based on complex mathematical calculations about space gathered by scientists.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

So the announcement by the United States space agency shocked many in the scientific community.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

She said the discovery "supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts."

VOA: special.2009.09.30

The space station has been hit in the past by very small debris.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

That information was gathered by the American space agency's Spitzer Space Telescope.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

"It's devastating to the space program if it's approved by Congress, and I really hope that more level heads will prevail.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The delays forced NASA officials to shorten the shuttle's mission by one day and eliminate one space walk.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

"For every job that's created by the space program, there are jobs that are affected by that.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18