Chinese moon rover launched successfully
(CNN) -- China's first lunar rover deployed successfully from the unmanned spacecraft Chang'e-3 that landed on the moon Saturday.
中國的第一台月球車成功的部屬在月球,在星期六的時候透過無人太空船"嫦娥三號"將月球登陸器放置在月球上
*lunar rover:月球登陸器
*deploy:使展開
*unmanned:船上無人的
*unmanned spacecraft:無人太空船
Jade Rabbit (called Yutu in Chinese) is a six-wheeled lunar rover equipped with at least four cameras and two mechanical legs that can dig up soil samples to a depth of 30 meters.
The solar-powered rover will patrol the moon's surface, studying the structure of the lunar crust as well as soil and rocks, for at least three months. The robot's name was decided by a public online poll and comes from a Chinese myth about the pet white rabbit of a goddess, Chang'e, who is said to live on the moon.
玉兔是一個配有至少六個照相機與兩個機械腿的六輪月球登陸器,它可以挖掘至地下30公尺身的地方來採集取樣月球物質。
這個太陽能燈錄器可以在月球的表面巡邏,研究月球地殼的結構,例如土壤或石頭,可使用時間長達三個月之久。
這個機器人的名稱是在網路上投票決定,它的由來是根據中國的古代傳說,一位住在月球上的神仙"嫦娥"所養的白兔來命名。
*soil:土壤
*patrol :巡邏、偵查
*crust :地殼
*poll:投票
Weighing 140 kilograms, the slow-moving rover carries an optical telescope for astronomical observations and a powerful ultraviolet camera that will monitor how solar activity affects the various layers -- troposphere, stratosphere and ionosphere -- that make up the Earth's atmosphere, China's information technology ministry said in a statement.
根據中國資訊科技部門的說法:這個月球登陸器重達140公斤,這個移動緩慢的登陸器負載著一副光學望眼,作為太空觀察之用;還有一個紫外光照相機,作為紀錄太陽活動對於地球大氣層中各氣層的影響。
*optical:光學的
*astronomical :太空的
*ultraviolet:紫外光
*troposphere:對流層
*stratosphere:平流層
*ionosphere :電器層
*atmosphere:大氣層
**-sphere:地球氣體外層
*ministry :部門
The Jade Rabbit is also equipped with radioisotope heater units, allowing it to function during the cold lunar nights when temperatures plunge as low as -180°C (-292°F).
月兔登陸器使用了放射性物質作為保暖元件,讓月兔可以在當月球晚上降到零下180度的時候,依然能正常運作。
*radioisotope:放射性物質
*plunge:急降、使...投入、插入
(plug:插入)
The moon exploration makes China one of only three nations -- after the United States and the former Soviet Union -- to "soft-land" on the moon's surface, and the first to do so in more than three decades.
中國是第三個成功進行月球探勘活動的國家,在其之前的兩個國家分別是美國與俄羅斯,
他成功降落在月球表面,並且與第一個登陸月球的國家在30年。
*more than:在...以上
China has rapidly built up its space program since it first sent an astronaut into space in 2003. In 2012, the country conducted 18 space launches, according to the Pentagon.
中國從2003年首次將太空人送上太空後,便快速增進其太空計畫。
根據美國國防部的資料,在2012年,中國曾發射18艘太空船到太空。
*built up:加強
The Chang'e-3 mission constitutes the second phase of China's moon exploration program, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to Earth.
嫦娥三號任務的中國月球探勘計畫第二步包含了進入運行軌道、登陸及返回地球。
*constitute:組成
*orbiting:天體的運行軌道
In 2010, China captured images of the landing site for the 2013 probe, the Bay of Rainbows, which is considered to be one of the most picturesque parts of the moon.
在2010年,中國曾抓一些關於2013探勘計畫的基地照片,於彩虹灣,一個被視為月球上最美麗的地方。
*probe: 刺探
*picturesque:美麗的、如圖畫般的
Within the next decade, China expects to open a permanent space station in the Earth's orbit.
在下一個10年內,中活期待在地球軌道上設置一個永久的太空站
*space station:太空站
But scientists in the United States have expressed concern that the Chang'e-3 mission could skew the results of a NASA study of the moon's dust environment.
但美國的科學皆表示嫦娥三號的任務可能會對NASA的月球環境造成產生偏見
*skew:使有偏見
The spacecraft's descent is likely to create a noticeable plume on the moon's surface that could interfere with research already being carried out by NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), Jeff Plescia, chair of NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group told news site Space.com in November.
NASA的月球探勘分析組織發布了一則新聞於11月,內容表示嫦娥三號的降落可能會在月球表面產生一個明顯的羽狀物,將使NASA的相關研究者受到干擾。
*descent:降落
*noticeable:明顯的、值得注意的
*plume:羽狀物
The Chang'e-3 spacecraft blasted off from a Long March 3B rocket in China's Sichuan province on December 2 and reached the moon's orbit at 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) from its surface less than five days later.
12月2號時,嫦娥三號在中國某一省的長征3B火箭投射器上發射,並預計在五天內進入距離月球表面100公里上的月球軌道上。
*blast off: 指火箭發射
*province: 省
On Tuesday, it descended into an elliptical orbit with its lowest point just 15 kilometers off the lunar surface, a spokesperson for China's Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense told Xinhua.
中國國防部的科學技術工業行政部門的發言人發表了下述言論於新華網:它進入了橢圓的軌道中,此軌道距離月球表面最近的距離為15公里。
*elliptical :橢圓的
*Administration:行政
*Ddfense:防禦(n.)
The Soviet Union's Luna 24 probe was the last space mission to land on the moon in August 1976 -- four years after the United States launched the manned Apollo 17 mission.
蘇聯最早的月球24探測器於1976年八月登陸月球,在四年後美國發射了阿波羅17號太空船,送人類上太空
玉兔是一個配有至少六個照相機與兩個機械腿的六輪月球登陸器,它可以挖掘至地下30公尺身的地方來採集取樣月球物質。
這個太陽能燈錄器可以在月球的表面巡邏,研究月球地殼的結構,例如土壤或石頭,可使用時間長達三個月之久。
這個機器人的名稱是在網路上投票決定,它的由來是根據中國的古代傳說,一位住在月球上的神仙"嫦娥"所養的白兔來命名。
*soil:土壤
*patrol :巡邏、偵查
*crust :地殼
*poll:投票
Weighing 140 kilograms, the slow-moving rover carries an optical telescope for astronomical observations and a powerful ultraviolet camera that will monitor how solar activity affects the various layers -- troposphere, stratosphere and ionosphere -- that make up the Earth's atmosphere, China's information technology ministry said in a statement.
根據中國資訊科技部門的說法:這個月球登陸器重達140公斤,這個移動緩慢的登陸器負載著一副光學望眼,作為太空觀察之用;還有一個紫外光照相機,作為紀錄太陽活動對於地球大氣層中各氣層的影響。
*optical:光學的
*astronomical :太空的
*ultraviolet:紫外光
*troposphere:對流層
*stratosphere:平流層
*ionosphere :電器層
*atmosphere:大氣層
**-sphere:地球氣體外層
*ministry :部門
The Jade Rabbit is also equipped with radioisotope heater units, allowing it to function during the cold lunar nights when temperatures plunge as low as -180°C (-292°F).
月兔登陸器使用了放射性物質作為保暖元件,讓月兔可以在當月球晚上降到零下180度的時候,依然能正常運作。
*radioisotope:放射性物質
*plunge:急降、使...投入、插入
(plug:插入)
The moon exploration makes China one of only three nations -- after the United States and the former Soviet Union -- to "soft-land" on the moon's surface, and the first to do so in more than three decades.
中國是第三個成功進行月球探勘活動的國家,在其之前的兩個國家分別是美國與俄羅斯,
他成功降落在月球表面,並且與第一個登陸月球的國家在30年。
*more than:在...以上
China's space program中國的太空計畫
China has rapidly built up its space program since it first sent an astronaut into space in 2003. In 2012, the country conducted 18 space launches, according to the Pentagon.
中國從2003年首次將太空人送上太空後,便快速增進其太空計畫。
根據美國國防部的資料,在2012年,中國曾發射18艘太空船到太空。
*built up:加強
The Chang'e-3 mission constitutes the second phase of China's moon exploration program, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to Earth.
嫦娥三號任務的中國月球探勘計畫第二步包含了進入運行軌道、登陸及返回地球。
*constitute:組成
*orbiting:天體的運行軌道
In 2010, China captured images of the landing site for the 2013 probe, the Bay of Rainbows, which is considered to be one of the most picturesque parts of the moon.
在2010年,中國曾抓一些關於2013探勘計畫的基地照片,於彩虹灣,一個被視為月球上最美麗的地方。
*probe: 刺探
*picturesque:美麗的、如圖畫般的
Within the next decade, China expects to open a permanent space station in the Earth's orbit.
在下一個10年內,中活期待在地球軌道上設置一個永久的太空站
*space station:太空站
But scientists in the United States have expressed concern that the Chang'e-3 mission could skew the results of a NASA study of the moon's dust environment.
但美國的科學皆表示嫦娥三號的任務可能會對NASA的月球環境造成產生偏見
*skew:使有偏見
The spacecraft's descent is likely to create a noticeable plume on the moon's surface that could interfere with research already being carried out by NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), Jeff Plescia, chair of NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group told news site Space.com in November.
NASA的月球探勘分析組織發布了一則新聞於11月,內容表示嫦娥三號的降落可能會在月球表面產生一個明顯的羽狀物,將使NASA的相關研究者受到干擾。
*descent:降落
*noticeable:明顯的、值得注意的
*plume:羽狀物
The Chang'e-3 spacecraft blasted off from a Long March 3B rocket in China's Sichuan province on December 2 and reached the moon's orbit at 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) from its surface less than five days later.
12月2號時,嫦娥三號在中國某一省的長征3B火箭投射器上發射,並預計在五天內進入距離月球表面100公里上的月球軌道上。
*blast off: 指火箭發射
*province: 省
On Tuesday, it descended into an elliptical orbit with its lowest point just 15 kilometers off the lunar surface, a spokesperson for China's Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense told Xinhua.
中國國防部的科學技術工業行政部門的發言人發表了下述言論於新華網:它進入了橢圓的軌道中,此軌道距離月球表面最近的距離為15公里。
*elliptical :橢圓的
*Administration:行政
*Ddfense:防禦(n.)
The Soviet Union's Luna 24 probe was the last space mission to land on the moon in August 1976 -- four years after the United States launched the manned Apollo 17 mission.
蘇聯最早的月球24探測器於1976年八月登陸月球,在四年後美國發射了阿波羅17號太空船,送人類上太空
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