China spacecraft lands on Mars 中國航天器降落在火星上

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯:

China 中國

land 土地

spacecraft 飛船

Mars 火星

Earth 地球

Outer Space 外太空

Chinese rover 中國流浪者

Red Planet 紅色星球

Mission 使命

Scientific Objectives 科學目標

geology of Mars 火星地質

presence of water 水的存在

internal structure of the planet 行星的內部結構

identification of minerals 礦物鑑定

rock types 岩石類型

surface 表面

atmosphere of Mars 火星的氣氛

Utopia 烏托邦

parachute 降落傘

triumph 勝利

China Aerospace and Technology Corporation 中國航天科技集團公司

asteroid 小行星

frozen water 冷凍水

Tianwen ("questions to heaven") 天問

China spacecraft lands on Mars 中國航天器降落在火星上

Nouns:

勘探 exploration, prospecting, found

飞船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飞船 spacecraft, spaceship

行星 planet

地球 Earth, planet, globe

空间 space, room, void, airspace, interspace, vacuum

间隙 gap, space, interval

场地 site, space, place

间距 spacing, space

篇幅 space, length

空地 space, clearing, area, vacancy, lung

Adjective:

宇宙的 cosmic, cosmical, mundane, space

DW News shows that China has landed a spacecraft on Mars. This is the latest step in its ambitious space program. The Chinese rover will stay in its lander for a few days of tests before  exploring the Red Planet. The rover has yet to send back any images from Mars, but here's the story of how it got there - and what the mission aims to find out.

The name Tianwen means "Heavenly Questions" or "questions to heaven" or "quest for heavenly truth", and comes from the long poem of the same name written by Qu Yuan (c. 340-278 BC), a poet of ancient China.

Tianwen-1 (TW-1; simplified Chinese: 天问; traditional Chinese: 天問 ) is certainly an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to send a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of an orbiter, deployable camera, lander and the Zhurong rover. The spacecraft, with a total mass of nearly 5 tons, is one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars and carries 13 scientific instruments.

The scientific objectives of the mission relate to the geology of Mars, the current and past presence of water, the internal structure of the planet, identification of minerals and rock types on the surface, as well as characterization of the space environment and atmosphere of Mars.

At 23:18 UTC, on 14 May 2021, the Tianwen-1 lander successfully landed in the preselected landing area in the southern part of the Mars Utopia Planitia. The planet landing phase began with the release of the protective capsule containing the lander/rover. The capsule made an atmospheric entry followed by a descent phase under parachute, after which the lander used retro-propulsion to soft-land on Mars.

The lander had a "treacherous journey" through the Martian atmosphere.

This is certainly a major triumph for China's space ambitions, and the culmination of years of hard work.

This is a key event for the China Aerospace and Technology Corporation.

This is the China's first rover landing on another planet.

The icy area of Mars known as "Utopia Planitia" was formed by the violent impact of an asteroid about 4 billion years ago. Past space probes have discovered large amounts of frozen water under the surface here.