Dock and Roll: An artist's rendering of NASA's Altair lunar lander approaching the Orion crew capsule after a lunar mission NASA

India's next big leap in space exploration will come later this year, when it plans to launch a lunar mission.

印度计划在今年晚些时候开始对月球的探测使命，从而在太空探索方面迈出一个大的飞跃。

Preparing for even a space-station or lunar mission takes several years.

为完成一个太空站或者月球计划需要准备数年时间。

India found water on the surface with its first lunar mission last year, and plans to launch astronauts into Earth orbit in 2016.

印度则在去年的首次月球任务中发现月球表面存在水，并计划在2016年将宇航员送入地球轨道。

The latest launch, to test key technologies and gather data, is China's second lunar mission.

最新一次发射，是为了测试关键技术与收集数据，是中国的第二次探月发射。

The lunar mission is strongly supported by India's Congress-led government and even the country's nationalistic leftist party leaders.

大力支持此次探月行动的不仅有印度国大党领导的联合政府，甚至还有具民族主义色彩的左翼党派领袖。

on a spacewalk last year, and has announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission and a military space station.

它也成为第三个实现太空行走计划的国家。并且已经宣布计划发射载人登月飞船和建立军事空间站。

Of course, if viewed from the lunar surface near the terminator line, the Sun would be rising and still close to the lunar horizon.

当然如果身处月球表面的明暗界线上，会看到太阳极慢从地平线上升起。

The satellites will spend the next year cruising the lunar surface, will help to determine where astronauts could land and set up camp.

卫星接下来的一年会巡航月球表面，将帮助决定宇航员应该在哪个位置着陆已经扎营。

Shepard, the commander of Apollo 14, ended up becoming the only Mercury astronaut to make it to the lunar surface.

阿波罗14号的指挥官，谢波德成为仅有的登上月球表面的墨丘利号宇航员。

Owing to the phenomenon of libration it is possible to observe up to 60% of the total lunar surface.

由于天平动的现象，我们可能观测到月球总面积的60%。

Based on experiments, this happens if the lunar surface is either fluffy or if ices exist near the surface.

基于实验，当月球表面松软或者月球表面有冰的时候就会出现这种现象。

As it scans across the lunar surface, it simultaneously gathers data across a wide range of IR to visible wavelengths.

当它对月球表面进行扫描时，可以同时收集从IR到可见光范围内的所有数据。

Astronomers have declared that the moon is shrinking after spotting wrinkles all over the lunar surface.

天文学家声称，在对月球表面皱褶进行定点测量后发现月球正在萎缩。

The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon. It was the last of America's unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.

年，Surveyor7航号天探测器在月球上软着陆，这是美国在月球表面进行的最后一次无人驾驶探索。

NASA officials had designed a stainless steel plaque, inscribed "We Came in Peace for All Mankind, " to be left on the lunar surface.

宇航局官员事先设计了一块不锈钢牌匾，上面写着“我们为了全人类的和平而来”，原本是要留在月球表面。

Researchers can now see detailed craters and individual boulders, some measuring only a few feet on the lunar surface.

研究人员现在可以看清陨石坑与各个岩石的细节，某些测量可以精确到月球表面几英尺。

A full map of the lunar surface-China's first-was transmitted back in November 2007.

2007年11月,“嫦娥一号”传回中国首张月面图像.

The astronaut pilot their craft down to the lunar surface.

宇航员驾驶宇宙飞船在月球表面降落.

The largebright spot at center is the Lunar Module (LM) descent stage, its four footpads barely visible.

照片中央的一个大亮点是登月舱（LM）下降段，图片中依稀可以看到舱体的四个脚架痕迹。

Denzler had spent 34 years as an engineer at Grumman, working on the Apollo lunar module and other NASA projects.

登茨勒曾在格鲁曼（Grumman）公司当过34年的工程师，在阿波罗登月舱和美国宇航局其他项目。