But an explosion in space cost him the chance to reach the moon -- and nearly cost the crew their lives.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

But as he says, the search for life in outer space is a long-term goal, and he is still hopeful.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar system's most famous planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

The researchers found the presence of carbon thirteen, a version of the carbon atom that is usually found in space.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

It was that companies talked about their products through advertisements on radio instead of buying advertising space in newspapers.

VOA: special.2011.04.14

There were new designs for the plane's rocket engine, landing equipment and the small rockets needed to move it in space.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

But not all tests for life in outer space take place far away, and not all involve the search for liquids.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Astronomers use the observatory to study the positions and movements of the Earth, sun,moon and other objects in space.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

Borman and Lovell proved that humans could survive in space for the time needed to get to the moon and back.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Frank Borman noted happily that after twelve lonely days in space, he and James Lovell finally had company for one night!

VOA: special.2009.07.01

There was enough space in the bone for the healthy marrow to start producing new red blood cells.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Near the space center in Houston,Texas, some amateur star-watchers were trying to see the Apollo spacecraft through telescopes.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

That worries community leaders on the Space Coast -- the area around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

VOA: special.2010.04.28