They also showed that the Apollo spacecraft could survive the launch and could re-enter Earth's atmosphere safely.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

With any innovation, it's important not only to launch it properly but also to consider how to sustain it over time.

对于任何发明，重要的不仅仅是,正确的使用它，还要考虑,怎样维护它。

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South Korea's Unification Ministry says Pyongyang's launch of at least five short-range missiles did not affect Tuesday's agreementto hold talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

But Israel has warned time and again that if diplomacy fails, it might launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

South Korea's Wi says even a satellite launch is troubling, in the tense context of the North's weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

U.S.President Barack Obama told reporters in France Friday that the North Korean launch is provocative and should be stopped.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

sanctions resulting from the launch will deal a fatal blow to six-nation talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there will be consequences for Pakistan if Pakistani-based terrorists launch a successful attack on U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

South Korea,Japan, and the United States view the planned launch 1 as an unacceptable attempt to advance the North's ballistic missile program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Foam insulation damaged the shuttle's heat tiles during launch, which led to Columbia breaking apart upon re-entry.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

NASA officials cleared the flight after technicians fixed a hydrogen leak in the shuttle's fueling system, which delayed the launch from last week.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

U.S.officials have warned North Korea against going ahead with what it says will be the launch of an experimental space satellite early next month.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Moments before Discovery's launch, NASA camera caught the space station passing through its orbit above Florida.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

At the time of Endeavour's launch, NASA says the International Space Station was traveling at a speed of about eight kilometers-per-second, above western Romania.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

The major announcement was the launch of the "Secretary's Innovation Award for Women's and Girls' Empowerment."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada says he has ordered the interception of any dangerous debris, if anything goes wrong with North Korea's planned rocket launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

South Korea,Japan, and the United States say the launch will be a provocative attempt to advance North Korea's ability to deliver warheads, via ballistic missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Japan's chief Cabinet secretary, Takeo Kawamura,said the government is assuming this latest launch will go ahead as promised by North Korea despite international diplomatic objections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he hopes the flurry of visits by high-ranking U.S.officials will help re-launch the peace negotiations as soon as possible.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But South Korean,Japanese,and U.S. officials are skeptical about the North's plan and suspect the so-called satellite launch is in reality a way to test a long-range rocket.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Kyrgyzstan's five-day-old . provisional government is vowing to use the country's military to launch a special operation to neutralize President Kurmanbek Bakiyev if he does not resign.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Endeavour's last scheduled night launch went smoothly in the pre-dawn hours Monday.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

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

Leaders of all three countries, including Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, say the launch will violate a United Nations resolution passed after North Korea's 2006 nuclear weapon test.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

And that's what they're up to - trying to use the rationale of a legitimate space launch for a missile, which is in its foundation a military missile,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket became all but inevitable as Pyongyang informed international agencies it will put a satellite into space sometime between April 4 and 8.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

U.S.officials say the self-described satellite launch would only be a cover for a test of a long-range missile, perhaps a more advanced version of the one North Korea fired eastward over Japan in 1998.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

The French launch coincides with the anticipated spacewalk of U.S.Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel who are expected to exit the space Shuttle Atlantis for the first of five spacewalks to upgrade Hubble telescope.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

Reaction was more subdued at the State Department, where Acting Spokesman Robert Wood said Monday's Security Council statement condemning the missile launch and threatening tougher sanctions spoke for itself, and that retaliation would only mean further isolation for Pyongyang.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday after a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that the parties to the Chinese-sponsored negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program are united in their opposition to the missile launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12