Controllers on the ground joked that the flight had gone so well they did not have enough to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

He fled with his mother on the last public flight out of the country before the overthrow of the government.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

At the end of the test flight,the speed of the Apollo spacecraft was increased to forty thousand kilometers an hour.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

"Obviously there are a lot of people that are unhappy about the potential of altering the future of space flight."

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Before the flight went down, sensors gave conflicting information on air speed to the plane's computers, possibly because of ice.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

It was the countdown for Apollo Eleven the space flight that would carry men to the first landing on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Glenn's flight plan called for him to spend most of the first orbit getting used to the feeling of being weightless.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

He says if money is available, Ares Five could be ready for a test flight by two thousand seventeen.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Mister Branson says he plans to bring his son and daughter and his parents with him on the first flight.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Everything worked as planned. Everyone expected the third moon-landing flight, Apollo Thirteen, would go as well as the first two.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

And so begins the first powered flight of the experimental plane designed to take man to the edge of space.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

The results of the two short flights made space officials believe the Mercury program was ready for its first orbital flight.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

The successful flight of Apollo Seven led NASA officials to send the next flight, Apollo Eight,to the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

During the flight, they separated the lunar lander from the command module and flew it for eight hours.

VOA: special.2009.07.08