China's bronze art master injects new vitality into ancient craft

STORY: China's bronze art master injects new vitality into ancient craft DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zhu Bingren 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BINGREN, Bronze art master STORYLINE: Zhu Bingren is a renowned bronze art master in China. His innovative ideas have helped bring new vitality to the ancient craft. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BINGREN, Bronze art master "I'm Zhu Bingren, an inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of bronze art. Our family started to make bronze sculptures since my great-grandfather's generation. I'm a fourth-generation sculptor. China's bronze civilization could date back 5,000 years. Bronzeware was of significant importance in Chinese history with its unique charm. It's suave yet with gravitas. In creating various pieces of bronzeware, artists were with great care. To pass on the intangible cultural heritage, we need to learn and try constantly as a way to carry on the memories of generati

U.S. launches first private astronaut mission to space station

STORY: U.S. launches first private astronaut mission to space station DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the first private astronaut mission STORYLINE: NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX launched a first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The four-person multinational crew is composed of Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, Mission Specialist Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mission Specialist Mark Pathy of Canada. The mission, codenamed Ax-1, was launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at 11:17 a.m. Eastern Time from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About three minutes after launch, SpaceX confirmed main engine cutoff and stage separation. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The Dragon spacecraft supportin