每日新聞（66）【印度挑戰(zhàn)月球軟著陸：“月船3號”發(fā)回首批月表照片】
Chandrayaan-3: Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface
India's
space agency
has released the first images
of the Moon
(
taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft,
(
which entered
lunar orbit
on Saturday
)
)
.
The images show
(
craters on the lunar surface getting larger and larger as the spacecraft draws closer
)
.
Chandrayaan-3's lander and
rover
are
due to reach the surface on 23 August.If successful, India will be the first country to perform a controlled "soft landing" near the South Pole.If successful,
India will be the first country
to perform a controlled "soft landing" near the South Pole.
It will also become only the fourth
to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
重點詞匯釋義：
space agency 航天局;宇航局;太空總署;
lunar orbit 月球軌道;繞月軌道
rover 漫游者;流浪者
譯文：
月船3號：歷史悠久的印度月球任務(wù)發(fā)送了月球表面的新照片
印度航天局發(fā)布了月船3號宇宙飛船拍攝的首批月球圖像，該飛船于周六進入月球軌道。這些圖像顯示，隨著航天器的靠近，月球表面的隕石坑越來越大。月船3號的著陸器和火星車將于8月23日抵達月球表面。如果成功，印度將成為第一個在南極附近進行受控“軟著陸”的國家。它也將成為第四個實現(xiàn)月球軟著陸的國家。 來自BBC
