With such a vehicle, astronauts could explore a much larger area of the moon's surface.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Also left forever on the moon is a sign with these words: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon July,nineteen sixty-nine A.D.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

In a statement,U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "deep disappointment" with the verdict and said he "strongly deplores" the decision.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

It was the first manned mission to orbit the moon. "NASA has been burdened with a lack of enthusiasm by the taxpayers."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Activists Friday called for United Nations intervention, and said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should go to Burma to talk with the military leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

On the far side of the Moon, out of communication with mission controllers, the Eagle moon lander separated from the Apollo command module.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke on the telephone with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and accused the world body of "prejudice" and "hypocrisy."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

When Jim Lovell took command of Apollo 13, with astronauts Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, he was about to realize his dream to land on the moon.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

The saga continued last year with New Moon,and now in Eclipse, headstrong high school student Bella Swan affirms her love for classmate Edward Cullen, a soulful and very pale teenager.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon co-chaired the event with President Karzai.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Lovell,along with Neil Armstrong, and the last man on the moon Eugene Cernan, recently sent a letter to President Barack Obama to express their opposition to his proposed budget for NASA.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The U.S.Moon mission came on July 16,1969, when Armstrong, along with astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, climbed into Apollo 11's command module called Columbia atop a gigantic Saturn V rocket and blasted off.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

While at U.N.headquarters, Queen Elizabeth met with U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who,in his welcoming remarks in the General Assembly told the queen she is "an anchor for our age" and a "living symbol of grace, constancy and dignity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06