Japan spacecraft completes asteroid landing日本宇宙飞船完成小行星着陆Japan's space agency says data transmitted from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft indicated it successfully landed on a distant asteroid to complete its mission of collecting underground samples in hopes of finding clues to the origin of the solar system.

日本航天局说，隼鸟二号”宇宙飞船传回的数据显示，它成功地降落在一颗遥远的小行星上，完成了收集地下样本的任务，有望找到太阳系起源的线索。

Source: Associated PressHayabusa2 had created itself a landing crater earlier.

Thursday's mission was to land inside that crater to collect scattered samples that scientists believe contain more valuable scientific data.

早在此之前，隼鸟2号就已经形成了一个着陆坑。

周四的任务是在陨石坑内着陆，收集散落的样本，科学家们认为这些样本含有更有价值的科学数据。

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said it has confirmed data showing Hayabusa2 touched down and rose safely.

JAXA is analyzing further details.

日本宇宙航空研究开发机构(JAXA)表示，已证实有数据显示隼鸟二号”着陆并安全升空。

JAXA正在分析进一步的细节。

Source: Associated PressThe asteroid, named Ryugu after an undersea dragon palace in a Japanese folktale, is about 300 million kilometres from Earth.

这颗小行星，以日本民间传说中的海底龙宫命名，距地球约3亿公里。

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