Mary Chapin Carpenter describes real events such as Hurricane Katrina, landing on the moon,and protests by religious workers in Burma.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Its crew would attempt a move that would be necessary for any landing on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Apollo 11 made the first-ever landing on the moon;

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

At the time President Kennedy first spoke about landing humans on the moon, the Soviet space program seemed far ahead.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Its purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Gemini's purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

President Richard Nixon gave federal government workers the day off to watch the moon landing on television.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

They were more than two-thirds of the way to the moon on a flight path that would take them to a moon landing.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Gemini,it was hoped, would move America closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

After four days, Apollo Twelve was near its landing area on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

US astronaut Neil Armstrong made the historic first step on the Moon from Apollo 11's landing craft called the Eagle.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.16