2009-06-17 In Race to Space, the Winner Was a Russian
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we finish the story of the first American program…
2009-06-10 Project Mercury: The US Space Program Begins
VOICE ONE: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (SOUND) That announcement was made May fifth, nineteen sixty-one. It was the first manned flight of…
2009-06-03 Antarctica: A Scientific Laboratory Like No Other in the World
VOICE ONE: I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we travel south to one of the coldest, windiest and least populated…
2009-05-27 Piracy Wave Hits Ships of All Flags Near Somalia’s Coast
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a wave of crime taking place in the warm…
2009-05-20 Sleep Science: The Mystery of Dreams and Dreaming
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Do you dream? Do you create pictures and stories in your mind as…
2009-05-13 For Women, Science Is a World With and Without Limits
WO: And I’m Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about female scientists around the world and some of the problems they face. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE:…
2009-05-06 Maya Lin’s Works Are Her Answer to the Beauty of the Natural World
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the work of the American artist and building designer…
2009-04-29 Edwin Hubble Changed Our Ideas About the Universe
ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed…
2009-04-22 Visiting Endangered Places Around the World
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we travel around the world visiting several endangered natural and cultural treasures.…
2009-04-15 Visiting Four National Parks in the Western US State of Utah
VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we explore some national parks of great beauty in the American West.…
2009-04-08 You Can See This Art for Free on Streets Around the World
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we travel through city streets all over the world to explore street…
2009-04-01 Risk of Crossed Paths Grows in Increasingly Crowded Skies and Space
I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about a growing threat to airplanes around the world. And we…
2009-03-25 Environmental Film Festival Shows Beauty of World and Threats to Life
VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., has been bringing movies to America’s…
2009-03-18 Wiley Post: The First Pilot to Circle the World Alone
Now the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today Shirley Griffith and Doug Johnson tell about pilot Wiley Post. He set new records when he flew his own airplane around the…
2009-03-11 Arabesque Celebrates the Arts and Culture of the Arab World
VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the Arabesque festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing…