每日新闻（66）【印度挑战月球软着陆：“月船3号”发回首批月表照片】

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

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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.

重点词汇释义：

space agency 航天局;宇航局;太空总署;

lunar orbit 月球轨道;绕月轨道

rover 漫游者;流浪者

译文：

月船3号：历史悠久的印度月球任务发送了月球表面的新照片

印度航天局发布了月船3号宇宙飞船拍摄的首批月球图像，该飞船于周六进入月球轨道。这些图像显示，随着航天器的靠近，月球表面的陨石坑越来越大。月船3号的着陆器和火星车将于8月23日抵达月球表面。如果成功，印度将成为第一个在南极附近进行受控“软着陆”的国家。它也将成为第四个实现月球软着陆的国家。 来自BBC