Next year's research and development budget calls for spending nearly two billion dollars on new space technologies.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Gary Lagerloef works for the Earth and Space Research Institute in Seattle,Washington.

VOA: special.2011.06.22

Research in a small space is necessary for the clouded leopard.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

The Australian government said the technology was part of the country's "proud history" in space science and research.

VOA: standard.2010.07.24

South Korean analysts say the North's notification of its plans is aimed at lending legitimacy to the launch, which Pyongyang says is part of a space research program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12