China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft releases its rover on the dark side of the moon after historic landing that saw it become the first craft EVER to touch down in the mysterious area

“嫦娥四号”完成在月球背面的历史性着陆，释放月球车，成为首个在这一神秘区域着陆的航天器

China's historic mission to the dark side of the moon has successfully deployed its rover on the lunar surface.

的历史性探月任务成功将月球车部署在月球表面。

Lunar explorer Chang'e-4 touched down at 10.26am local time (2.26am GMT), state media reported, and soon after beamed back the first ever image of the 'dark side' of the moon.

据官方媒体报道，“嫦娥四号”月球探测器于当地时间上午10点26分(格林威治时间凌晨2点26分)着陆，不久就传回了月球“背面”的首张照片。

It then released a rover, Yutu-2, which rolled out onto the lunar surface.

接着它释放出月球车“玉兔二号”，驶向月球表面。

While stationed on the moon, the Chang'e-4 will attempt to recce the famous Von Karman crater in the Aitken basin, the largest impact crater in the entire solar system at eight miles (13 km) deep and 1,600 miles (2,500 km) in diameter.

“嫦娥四号”在月球上驻留期间，将探测艾特肯盆地著名的冯·卡曼陨石坑，艾肯盆地是整个太阳系最大的陨石坑，深8英里(13公里)，直径1600英里(2500公里)。

It will also be tasked with carrying out mineral and radiation tests, presenting scientists with the first-ever chance to examine materials from the far side of the moon.

“嫦娥四号”还将开展矿物和辐射测试任务，为科学家提供首次在月球背面检测物质的机会。

The far side of the moon - colloquially known as the dark side - actually gets as much light as the near side but always faces away from Earth.

实际上，月球背面得到的光照和正面一样多，但总是背对着地球。

This is because the moon is tidally locked to Earth, rotating at the same rate that it orbits our planet, so the far side - or the 'dark side' - is never visible from our planet.

这是因为月球受地球潮汐锁锁定，以与地球轨道相同的速度旋转，所以从地球上永远看不到月球背面面。

This relatively unexplored region is mountainous and rugged, making a successful landing much harder to achieve.

相对未经开发的月球背面多山且崎岖不平，这使得成功着陆更加困难。

It appears to take on a reddish hue in some of the images released by China, according to Christopher Conselice, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Nottingham who said it is an effect from the lights used on the mission.

诺丁汉大学天体物理学教授康赛利斯(Christopher Conselice)称，发布的一些照片似乎呈现出略带红色的色调，这是由于使用灯光造成的。

The pioneering landing demonstrates China's growing ambitions to rival the US as a space power, with Beiing ho to send another probe next year that will retrieve samples and bring them back to Earth.

这一开创性的着陆表明，要与美国匹敌，成为太空强国的雄心渐长。北京希望明年再发射一枚探测器，采集样本并带回地球。

Beiing is pouring billions into the military-run programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022, and of eventually sending humans to the moon.

北京正在向项目投入数十亿美元，希望到2022年建成载人空间站，并最终将人类送上月球。

The probe entered orbit on Sunday 'to prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon', the China National Space Administration said.

国家航天局表示，“嫦娥四号”于周日进入轨道，“为月球背面首次软着陆做准备”。

As well as radiation monitoring and mineralogical experiments, China's Chang'e-4 probe contains a 'lunar mini biosphere' to perform biological studies.

It holds potato seeds and silkworm eggs, as well as arabidopsis seeds - plants related to cabbage and mustard that are commonly used by biologists as a model for how plants behave in different environments.

除了辐射监测和矿物学实验，“嫦娥四号”探测器还装载一个“月球微型生物圈”，以进行生物研究。它携带了土豆种子、蚕卵，以及拟南芥种子——与卷心菜和芥菜相关的植物，生物学家常用它们作为样本以观测植物在不同环境下的生长。

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译文来源：三泰虎  译者：Jessica.Wu

外文：https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6555709/Chinese-spacecraft-releases-rover-dark-moon.html?tdsourcetag=s_pcqq_aiomsg

Antilles, Huntington Beach, United States, 53 minutes ago

And well done, China.

，干得好！

froobze, cardiff, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

Looks like they've used a different studio set to the original moon landings

看来他们换了一个不同的摄影棚来拍摄首次登月的照片。

sachoman, Osaka, Japan, 1 hour ago

Question-- In the photos, how long do you think it would take to walk from the lander craft to the edge of the moon ?

月球车走到月球边缘需要多长时间?

Pepe La Dude, Salt Lake City, United States, 1 hour ago

I bet you they are spending fraction of what we spend on NASA. Meanwhile, NASA is still sending probes up taxpayers behind using 1950s technology...

我敢打赌登月花的钱只占NASA花的一小部分。然而，NASA仍在使用上世纪50年代技术发送探测器……

Rarkar, Winchester, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

China thinks they own the moon now.

现在觉得月球是他们的了。

Phillip Maze, Toronto, Canada, 2 hours ago

First thing they found was a vinyl record album from the 70's.

他们首先发现的将是一张70年代的黑胶唱片。

tiberiuspatriot, homeland, United States, 2 hours ago

Next up military base.

下一步就是建军事基地了。

SoooooDissapointed, Houston, United States, 2 hours ago

a lot of light and shadow for the dark side of the moon. Guess it's less dark there than I thought it would be.

月球背面比我想象的要亮一些。

Blink8533, Merica, United States, 2 hours ago

Wow something from China that isn't junk

哇，终于有一样不是垃圾的东西了。

JHouse678, Singapore, 2 hours ago

You can tell the Americans have far better special effects...they even had men in them.

看得出美国人的特效更好，他们甚至加了人在上面。

dotlink, sheffield, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

Cmon India you should be doing this too, this will pee the west right off.

印度加油，你们也该去一趟。

NaturesKeeper33, Tampa Bay, United States, 2 hours ago

So, this was out in area 51 too? More believable than when United Snakes said they went. Just unfortunate that thousands of tapes from the US lunar landing just disappeared along with all the plans and all the info.....just kaboom.....abracadabra,,,,,GONE without a trace! Sum ting wong folks!

这也是在51区吗?比美国说他们去过更靠谱些。不幸的是，数千盘美国登月的磁带连同所有计划和信息一起消失了。

james3535, london, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

Well done China, keep up the good work.

干得好，，继续努力。

WhalingForFunNProfit, London, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

Another great success for stolen American technology. The US can be proud if their technology and China can be proud of their 'steal' industry.

窃取的美国技术又一次大获成功。如果能以“偷窃”产业为傲，那美国也能感到自豪，毕竟偷的是他们的技术。

thinking, Peterborough, 3 hours ago

Still looking for the cheese.

还在上面找奶酪

Young Gordon, Dundee, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

Congratulations China, you are an inspiration to everyone world wide.

祝贺，你们鼓舞了全世界的人。

Jenny Talwarts, Stains, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

Several countries have now sent orbiters to the moon, and the entire surface has been photographed in minute detail, but no one has ever published photos of the American landing sites. Just saying.

几个国家都已向月球发射了探测器，并把月球表面的细节都拍了下来，但从来没有人公布过美国登陆地点的照片。

Javier Santiago, Rancho Cucamonga, 3 hours ago

Putting a machine on the moon 50 years after the US put man there is not much of an accomplishment.

把一台机器送上月球并不是什么了不起的成就，50年前美国就把人类送上月球了。

Phillip Maze, Toronto, Canada, 3 hours ago

What? No fake flags blowing in the wind.

怎么没有伪造一面国旗在风中飘扬。

Prof Tunney, London, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

It's not a photo at all, it was made in Photoshop. If you need further proof check out Robert Simmon from NASA, he says and I quote 'It's photoshopped and it has to be.'

这根本不是照片，是用Photoshop制作的。如果你需要进一步证实，可以去问问NASA的罗伯特·西蒙，他说“这肯定是PS的。”

Biz-, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

Do they really think it'll look that different to the side we can see? What a waste of time and money

他们真认为月球背面和正面截然不同吗?浪费时间，也浪费金钱

American in UK, Grantham, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

NASA can't say the China mission is fake......can it.

NASA会不会说这次任务是造假？

DanStlMo, St Louis Missouri, United States, 4 hours ago

A country that owns aircraft carriers and, can land an object on the dark side of the moon, yet the USA still sens them aid?

一个拥有航空母舰并有能力在月球背面着陆的国家，美国还在援助他们?

null, 5 hours ago

Please Do not say it is fake.

别告诉我这是假的。

David, London, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

I saw a video which said that the moon was hollow. It would be interesting to drill deep and see what is inside.

我看了一个视频，说月球是空心的。往深处钻，看看里面有什么东西，这将会很有趣的。

David, London, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

This is an achievement for any team.

对任何团队来说，这都是个了不起的成就。

Sydneysider58, Now living in Taree, Australia, 5 hours ago

Wikipedia and another astronomy site both claim the largest known impact crater in the solar system is on Mars. Now, I'm not saying DM is wrong, but...

维基百科和另一个天文学网站都称太阳系已知最大的撞击坑在火星上。

Jed Harper, Detroit, United States, 5 hours ago

Amazing what you can do with stolen American technology.

靠从美国偷来的技术完成的，了不起。

Davidh, newcastle, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

wonder how much nasa is paying them not to drive over where they supposedly landed many moons ago

不知道NASA给了他们多少钱，让他们的月球车不要开到多年前美国号称着陆的地方。

CHORLEYFELLA, CHORLEY, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

Kinda looking forward to what this craft takes picture s Off!

有点期待着后续拍下的照片!

upshitcreeknopaddle, Sydney, Australia, 5 hours ago

Rumour has it that Trump`s hit them with a parking fine.

据说特朗普要向他们收取违章停车费。

akbarmohammed4eva, London, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

Congratulations. A new step for man kind.

祝贺，人类又上了一个新台阶。

null, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

All the state of the art camera technology and shots still look like they were taken with Nokia 6230

用最先进的相机拍的照片看起来像是用诺基亚6230拍的。