All three astronauts survived, and Apollo 13 became known as a "successful failure."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Its Titan rocket could lift three times as much weight into space as the Atlas rocket used for the Mercury flights.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Also,the root can stay in the ground for as long as three years, so it can be harvested as needed.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Using the same amount of land, the new wheat variety could produce three to four times as much food.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

States are competing to share in almost three and a half billion dollars as part of a school reform competition.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

An estimated five thousand protesters known as Red Shirts occupied a three square kilometer area of Bangkok's business district.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

Earlier this week, two American senators proposed legislation for three times as much non-military aid as Pakistan now receives.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

It could help as many as three to four million owners change the terms of their mortgages to avoid foreclosure.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

Researchers compared the use of fertilizer in three areas that grow maize as a major grain: China,Kenya and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

BeadforLife began as a chance meeting between three American women on a trip to Uganda and a local jewelry maker.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

The guidelines were updated after three studies showed that the hands-only method was just as effective as traditional CPR.

VOA: special.2009.05.20

The group Defenders of Wildlife describes black bears as between a half-meter and three fourths of a meter at the shoulders.

VOA: special.2011.06.21

But Afghanistan fell three places to just above Somalia, meaning Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He found that mangroves store about three to four times more carbon per hectare as temperate forests or even tropical rainforests.

VOA: special.2011.05.10