It needed much more power than the rockets used to launch the one-man Mercury and the two-man Gemini flights.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The new launch vehicle would be used to carry the supplies and equipment needed to explore space beyond the moon.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The Philippine Department of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute plan to launch a free service next month.

VOA: special.2010.08.17

Borman and Lovell continued to circle the Earth, day after day, as workers hurried to meet the new launch date.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Western nations are concerned that Iran could use the missile technology to launch a nuclear weapon, which Iran is suspected of building.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Next year, the Chinese plan to launch a small space laboratory to practice docking of spacecraft in orbit.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

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

Now the two sides were racing to see who could launch the first human space traveler.

VOA: special.2011.05.15

President Ahmadinejad reportedly called the satellite launch "a message of brotherhood and peace" to the world.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

There was what seemed to be a minor problem during the ground tests before launch.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

That tiny part sent a signal to computers that the launch had taken place.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Space officials decided the weather was safe enough for them to launch the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

They provided one and a half billion dollars to launch the pneumococcal vaccine project.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

The army opened the V-2 launch program to American scientists at several universities.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

He said the North Korean launch proves the need for nations to cooperate to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to remove those that already exist.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

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

VOA: special.2009.06.17

So,they decided to launch the next flight, Gemini Seven,instead of waiting.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Officials decided to launch the Vanguard as soon as possible.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

She said they have agreed, if the launch goes forward, to discuss a collective response, perhaps in the Security Council.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

South Korea's delegate to those talks left Friday for Washington for high-level consulations on a diplomatic response to the launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

And so what we're going to try to do is convince the North not to carry out this launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

At one Apple store in central London, staff chanted and cheered as they counted the seconds to the official launch.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

At a news conference,Mr.Barak indicated the Jewish State is prepared to launch a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

North Korea contends the April 5 missile firing was a satellite launch to which it was entitled under international law.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

He says Japan will strongly protest through the United Nations, while also urging North Korea not to carry out the launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27