India’s spacecraft set for historic moon landing印度宇宙飞船历史性登月India’s dream of landing on the moon is getting closer to reality as its Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft split in two on Monday, with one half set to land on the lunar surface later this week.

本周一，印度的月船2号”宇宙飞船一分为二，其中一半将于本周晚些时候在月球表面着陆。

First launched in July, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft broke into two pieces as expected.

The Vikram Lander successfully separated from Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter at 1315 Hrs IST today,” Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) officials said in a statement Monday.

月船2号宇宙飞船于7月首次发射，按预期分裂成两部分。

印度空间研究组织(ISRO)官员周一在一份声明中说：维克拉姆着陆器今天在1315个小时的时间里,成功地与月船2号轨道飞行器分离。

”The orbiter will circle the moon’s poles for roughly one year and the Vikram Lander is expected to land between 1:30 a.

m.

and 2:30 a.

m.

GMT Sept.

7 if all goes according to plan.

Following that, a rover is expected to leave the Vikram Lander between 5:30 a.

m.

and 6:30 a.

m.

轨道飞行器将绕月球两极运行大约一年，如果一切按计划进行的话，维克拉姆登陆器预计将在格林尼治标准时间9月7日凌晨1:30至2:30着陆。

之后，月球车将在早上5:30到6:30离开维克拉姆着陆器。

ISRO officials added that the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter continues to orbit the moon in its existing orbit” and the health of both the orbiter and the lander are being monitored by the Mission Operations Complex at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bengaluru.

ISRO官员补充说，月船2号轨道飞行器继续在其现有轨道上绕月球运行”，轨道飞行器和着陆器的健康状况正在由位于孟加拉鲁的ISRO遥测、跟踪和指挥网络的任务运行综合设施进行监测。

All the systems of Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and Lander are healthy,” ISRO continued.

月船2号轨道飞行器和着陆器的所有系统都是健康的，”ISRO继续说。

The Chandrayaan-2 craft entered lunar orbit last month after it launched from Sriharikotain southern India on July 22.

The mission is on track even though a technical glitch delayed the launch for a week.

月船2号在7月22日从印度南部的斯里哈里克坦发射后，于上月进入月球轨道。

尽管技术故障使发射推迟了一周，但任务仍在按计划进行。

The mission’s next maneuver will come tomorrow between 8:45 a.

m.

and 9:45 a.

m.

IST, Space.

com reported.

据Space.

com报道，该任务的下一次演习将于明天上午8:45至9:45进行。

The landing zone for the Vikram Lander is on a plateau between two craters and will be the farthest south of any moon landing to date.

Vikram contains equipment for three experiments: one to study the moon’s ionosphere, one to study the temperature of the top 4 inches of the lunar surface and the other to study moonquakes.

维克拉姆着陆器的着陆点位于两个环形山之间的高原上，将是迄今为止月球着陆点最南端的着陆点。

维克拉姆拥有三个实验设备:一个是研究月球电离层，一个是研究月球表面顶部4英寸的温度，另一个是研究月球地震。

The rover, known as Pragyan, has instruments to help identify elements near the landing site.

这辆名为Pragyan”的月球车拥有帮助识别着陆地点附近元素的仪器。

If Chandrayaan-2 is successful, it adds to India’s space legacy.

Indian hardware has reached the moon before, with Chandrayaan-1 orbiting the moon in 2008.

However, it launched an impact probe that intentionally crashed into the moon and has yet to achieve a soft landing” on the lunar surface.

如果月船2号”成功的话，它将增加印度的太空遗产。

印度的探月设备月船1号，曾在2008年到达月球。

然而，它发射了一个撞击探测器，故意撞到月球上，至今尚未在月球表面实现软着陆”。

So far, only the US, Russia and China have successfully soft-landed on the moon.

到目前为止，只有美国、俄罗斯和中国成功实现了月球软着陆。

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