The Gemini astronauts were developing the control that would be needed for a trip to the moon.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

A few weeks later, before the talks could be completed, Upshur joined the president and congressional leaders for a trip down the Potomac River.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The two became friends. John Henslow suggested that Charles Darwin take the unpaid position of naturalist for a trip on the British ship H.M.S.Beagle.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The word "safari" comes from the Swahili and Arabic words for a trip or journey.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

Today we travel to the mountains of Wyoming for a trip to Jackson Hole.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

That set turned into a benefit for his family, with Big Star's remaining members joined by Mike Mills of R.E.M,M Ward, Amy Speace and others for a trip through the Big Star catalog.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Top winner Eric Yang will receive twenty-five thousand dollars for college and a trip to the Galapagos Islands this summer.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Once,on a business trip to London, Charles Homer bought a set of drawing examples for his son to copy.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Visitors can also find a link to the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, with information about a free electronic field trip for students.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

You can take a high-speed boat trip for about an hour to the Dry Tortugas National Park.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Then the body was put on a special train for the trip back to Illinois.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

One man from Maryland says he has planned a trip to Ireland for many years.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

"Well,I got to play with the president's own piano player. I did not play for President Bush, because I think he was on a trip to Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Visitors can pay to go on a boat for a fishing trip.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Barack Obama said he came to Turkey at the end of his first overseas trip as president for a reason.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Institute President Suh Nam-pyo says he got the idea for the mobile harbor on a trip to Singapore.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

Easterbrook began collecting African-related Obama items on a trip to the continent in 2007, when then Senator Obama was running for president.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Anthony Cordesman,senior analyst at the Center for Strategic and International studies, says the comparisons were brought home to him during a recent trip to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"And on that fateful trip from New York to Hollywood, Walt came up with the idea of using a mouse for his next cartoon character.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

It is even for an average family taking a longer trip than just a work commute, you really are going to have to have transportation fuel."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Even the smallest daily activity, like brushing one's teeth, requires a trip to the tank, where people pay a large portion of their meager salaries for containers of cloudy,brackish water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Mr.Zardari has been criticized for staying at a family chateau in France and in luxury hotels in Britain during this trip, while millions back home have been affected by the flooding.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Sudan's Committee of Islamic Scholars has urged the president not to attend, for fear of his safety, providing Mr.Bashir a possible way of saving face while backing out of the trip.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Their mobile phones could save them a trip. So,while it may not be good for plowing a field or harvesting vegetables, the mobile phone is becoming one of a farmer's most valuable tools.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

President Zardari has been harshly criticized by some within the Pakistani community in Britain, as well as from back home, for taking this trip - especially at a time when Pakistan is experiencing the worst flooding in decades.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir embraced Libya's Colonel Muammar al-Gadhafi and thanked him for his warm welcome, as both leaders met at the Colonel's private tent in his home town of Sirte, President al-Bashir's trip to Ethiopia and Libya was his third visit abroad since a warrant was issued for his arrest on March 4 by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Darfur.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26