Much of what was learned from its flights speeded up the development of the space program.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

Much work had to be done before Project Mercury could put an American astronaut into space.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Others go much deeper into space.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

She says like the United States in the 1960s, China's space program is as much about prestige on Earth as it is about exploration in space.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"Much of the space infrastructure, for example,is managed by the People's Liberation Army."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21