NASA scientists using the Kepler space telescope also announced the discovery of six planets orbiting a star called Kepler-11.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

But some in Congress want to cancel plans for the next-generation replacement for the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.

VOA: special.2011.07.18

Russian,European and Japanese cargo spacecraft will continue their resupply and waste disposal flights to the orbiting laboratory.

VOA: special.2011.07.18

They rested for a while. Then they began to prepare to launch the lander for the return flight to the orbiting command module.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

NASA scientists say the Earth-like planets are among one thousand two hundred thirty-five possible planets orbiting other stars that have been discovered so far.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

Apollo Seven astronauts Walter Schirra, Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele spent eleven days orbiting the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Space agency officials now knew that it was possible to join two orbiting spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Then they returned to the orbiting command module and started back to Earth.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Orbiting spacecraft have shown a huge mountain on Mars called Olympus Mons.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

It would attempt to meet in space with the orbiting Gemini Seven.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

A worldwide radio system was needed to communicate with orbiting astronauts.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Less than three days later, Apollo Eight was orbiting the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

He was orbiting the moon in the command module Columbia.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

The two men would chase another object orbiting Earth,a satellite.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

The astronauts would chase another object orbiting Earth.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Some of the experiments focus on studying how orbiting in space can affect the human body and plant growth.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Over the last few days, they have done a great deal of work on the orbiting outpost during three spacewalks.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The journal cited the astronauts' service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, which gave the orbiting observatory a new lease on life.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24