NASA officials cleared the flight after technicians fixed a hydrogen leak in the shuttle's fueling system, which delayed the launch from last week.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Equally excited fans greeted the launch from Hong Kong to Frankfurt, where some arrived as early as 3 am to be first in line.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

But he flew one hundred eighty-seven kilometers high, and four hundred eighty kilometers from the launch pad.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Two-and-one-half minutes after the Apollo Eleven launch, the first-stage rocket separated from the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

With a roar, it began to rise slowly from the launch pad.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

The launch was made from the space center at Cape Canaveral,Florida.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Officials now say the lunar mission will launch as early as Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

sanctions resulting from the launch will deal a fatal blow to six-nation talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

and Israel has threatened to launch a pre-emptive strike to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Returning to Seoul from consultations in Washington, he said the launch will have consequences.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

As a result,the United States needs radar installations and anti-missile launch sites in key regions, particularly in Central Europe to counter the growing missile threat from Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

When Hex gets offered the chance to clear his own name by stopping Turnbull from using terror to launch a new civil war, it is an offer the bounty hunter can not turn down.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

Japan,along with the United States and South Korea, have stated that North Korea appears set to carry out a long-range ballistic missile test that would violate a United Nations Security Council resolution approved in 2006 barring Pyongyang from such a launch.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

North Korea said Tuesday it found the U.N.Security Council condemnation of its missile launch an unbearable insult, and said it was withdrawing from the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program and moving to reopen nuclear facilities shut down under aid-for-disarmament commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14