Japanese Spacecraft Regains Power after Moon Landing

2024-02-06 16:11:00来源：网络

"日本宇宙飞船在月球着陆后恢复电力"

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　　By Bryan Lynn

　　29 January 2024

　　Japan's space agency says a spacecraft that landed on the moon earlier this month has regained power and is continuing its mission.

　　Officials from the Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Monday they had successfully reestablished communication with the SLIM moon explorer.

　　SLIM touched down on the moon on January 20. But the spacecraft landed the wrong way up. Its solar equipment was unable to see the sun. JAXA said SLIM was likely able to regain power because of a change in the sun's direction.

　　After the landing, JAXA used the spacecraft's battery power to gather as much data as possible about the touchdown and the surrounding area. The power was then turned off to wait for the sun to rise higher in the lunar sky.

　　Mission officials have said the explorer landed within 55 meters of its target near the lunar equator. It also landed in between two craters in an area covered in volcanic rock. JAXA said these results demonstrated progress in what it calls "pinpoint" landing technology.

　　Past moon missions generally aimed to hit flat areas at least 10 kilometers wide. But the ability to land on very exact targets is expected to help support future space vehicles traveling to the moon and other places.

　　The main purpose of the mission was to test the possibility that spacecraft can land on very specific targets. But SLIM is also capturing images and released two small explorers. The explorers are designed to examine mineral-rich rocks and collect data on the moon's development.

　　JAXA has not named a specific date for when SLIM will end its operations on the moon. But the agency has said in the past that the lander was not designed to survive a lunar night. The next lunar night begins on Thursday.

　　The mission made Japan the fifth country in the world to successfully land on the surface of the moon, after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.

　　I'm Bryan Lynn.

　　The Associated Press and Reuters reported on this story. Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for VOA Learning English.

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　　作者：Bryan Lynn

　　日期：2024年1月29日

　　日本的宇宙航天局表示，本月早些时候登陆月球的一艘宇宙飞船已经恢复电力并继续执行任务。

　　日本探索机构（JAXA）的官员周一表示，他们已经成功地与SLIM月球探测器重新建立了通信。

　　SLIM于1月20日在月球着陆。但是，这艘宇宙飞船却以错误的方式着陆。其太阳能设备无法看到太阳。JAXA表示，SLIM可能由于太阳方向的改变而能够恢复电力。

　　着陆后，日本宇宙航天局（JAXA）利用飞船的电池电力尽可能多地收集有关着陆点和周围区域的数据。然后关闭电源，等待太阳在月球天空中升得更高。

　　任务官员表示，探测器在月球赤道附近的目标点内55米的范围内着陆。它还在覆盖着火山岩的区域的两个陨石坑之间着陆。JAXA表示，这些结果显示了它所称的"精确"着陆技术的进步。

　　过去的月球任务通常旨在至少10公里宽的平坦区域着陆。但是，预计能够在非常精确的目标上着陆的能力将有助于支持未来前往月球和其他地方的太空车。

　　这次任务的主要目的是测试飞船能否在非常特定的目标上着陆。但是，SLIM也在捕捉图像，并释放了两个小型探测器。这些探测器被设计用来检查富含矿物的岩石，并收集关于月球发展的数据。