VOA慢速英语 登陆月球:双子星计划

　　Race to the Moon: The Days of Project Gemini

　　VOA 慢速讲解:登陆月球: 双子星计划

　　EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.

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　　Today, Harry Monroe and Tony Riggs report about America's second manned space program, Gemini. Two astronauts flew on each flight. Gemini's purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　The launch of Gemini 3 carrying Virgil Grissom and John Young

　　The astronauts of America's first manned program, Project Mercury, made six successful flights. They proved that people could survive the hostile environment of space.

　　In nineteen sixty-five America's space agency, NASA, was ready to begin its second manned program. NASA called it Gemini. The program was named for the two stars Castor and Pollux in the star group Gemini. The Gemini program would send two astronauts at a time into space.

　　Gemini would test the men's ability to live and work in space. Gemini, it was hoped, would move America closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

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