2012-09-19 Apollo 13: ‘Houston, We’ve Had a Problem Here’
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we continue the history of the American space program with the flight…
2012-09-05 ‘One Small Step for Man:’ Apollo 11 And the 1st Moon Landing
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. We continue our history of the American space program with the flight of Apollo Eleven. We also remember Neil Armstrong, the…
2012-08-29 NASA and the Early Apollo Flights of the 1960s
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The nineteen sixties were exciting times in space exploration. Today look back at…
2012-08-22 As Gemini Spacecraft Join in Space, US Moves One Step Closer to the Moon
DOUG JOHNSON: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Shirley Griffith and Tony Riggs complete a report about America’s second manned space program,…
2012-08-15 Race to the Moon: The Days of Project Gemini
EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Today, Harry Monroe and Tony Riggs report about America’s second manned space program, Gemini. Two…
2012-08-08 Project Mercury: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space
STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we finish the story of the first American program…
2012-08-01 Project Mercury: The American Space Program Begins
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: 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 project…
2012-07-25 International AIDS Conference Returns to Washington After 22 Years
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. I’m Mario Ritter. The International AIDS Conference is the world’s top event for people working on the issue of HIV,…
2012-07-18 Dry Tortugas National Park Is Deep In History, Natural Beauty
FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I’m Christopher Cruise with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit one of the most unusual national parks in the…
2012-07-11 Rapping, From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street
Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. I’m June Simms. Protest songs are part of the fuel of revolutions. Today, we talk to three rappers who played an active part…
2012-07-04 From a Photo of War, a Statue to Remember
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. I’m Mario Ritter. July fourth, Independence Day in the United States, is a time of celebration. Friends and family across…
2012-06-27 Ballet’s History Began as a Dance of Power and Influence
STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Ballet is a formalized kind of dance performance with a rich and interesting…
2012-06-13 The Indiana Dunes: Ancient Hills of Sand on Lake Michigan
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit the Indiana Dunes. These hills of sand…
2012-06-06 Finding Your Position on the Globe Was Not Always Easy
STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. BOB DOUGHTY: And this is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how people learned an important piece…
2012-05-30 The Erie Canal Helped America Grow
BOB DOUGHTY: I’m Bob Doughty. MARIO RITTER: And I’m Mario Ritter with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. In the early eighteen hundreds, traveling in the United States was dangerous. Business…