2006-07-26 1961: Telling Mission Control ‘Light This Candle,’ Alan Shepard Is Launched Into Space
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, Explorations.…
2006-07-19 Project Mercury: Soviet Successes Push U.S. to Build a Space Program From the Ground Up
VOICE ONE: Explorations– a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (SOUND: Countdown and launch) That announcement was…
2006-07-12 Klondike Gold Rush: Stories of Riches Waiting to Be Had Build Dreams Beyond the Reality
VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And this is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS.…
2006-07-05 Gold Rush! Thousands of People Traveled to the Klondike in Western Canada in Hopes of Finding Gold
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Richard Rael with the VOA Special English program…
2006-06-28 Visiting Seven Man-Made Wonders of the United States
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. There are…
2006-06-21 Tuskegee Airmen: The First African-Americans Trained as Fighter Pilots
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today, Shirley Griffith and I tell…
2006-06-14 A Place of Beautiful Extremes: Yosemite National Park in California
Editor’s Note attached (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in…
2006-06-07 Above Ground but Under the Sea: Visiting Some Popular Aquariums
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. For thousands…
2006-05-31 Carl Sagan Helped People Understand Science
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,…
2006-05-24 Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado: Protecting the Culture of Ancient Native Americans
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we…
2006-05-17 Development Marketplace: Turning Ideas Into Action
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we…
2006-05-10 Venus Express Spacecraft Explores Earth’s Mysterious Sister Planet
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we…
2006-05-03 Forensic Science Is Often Used to Solve Crimes
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we…
2006-04-26 A Sticky Black Hole of Ancient Death, Right in the Middle of Los Angeles
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.…
2006-04-19 Population Growth is Dropping in Industrialized Nations and Increasing in Some Developing Ones
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we…