携带NASA实验设备的私人着陆器登月成功
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A private spacecraft carrying several science experiments has successfully landed on the moon.
一艘载有若干科学实验设备的私人航天器已成功登陆月球。
The lander, called Blue Ghost, was built by the American company Firefly Aerospace.
这个着陆器名为“蓝色幽灵”，由美国萤火虫航天公司制造。
The spacecraft touched down March 2 on the part of the moon’s near side called Mare Crisium.
航天器于3月2日在月球近侧被称为“危海”的区域着陆。
The near side of the moon is the side facing Earth.
月球的近地侧是始终朝向地球的那一面。
Officials at Firefly’s Mission Control center near Austin, Texas, confirmed the successful landing.
位于得克萨斯州奥斯汀附近的萤火虫任务控制中心官员证实了成功着陆。
The chief engineer for the Blue Ghost mission, Will Coogan, announced to excited workers: “We’re on the moon.”
“蓝幽灵”任务的总工程师威尔·库根向兴奋的工作人员宣布：“我们登上了月球。”
The officials said the spacecraft landed in the right position and was operating normally.
官员们表示，航天器已准确着陆并运行正常。
The successful touchdown makes Firefly the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or having a major problem.
这次成功着陆使Firefly成为首家在没有坠毁或出现重大问题的情况下将航天器送上月球的私营公司。
Only five countries can claim successful moon landings: Russia, the United States, China, India and Japan.
只有五个国家可以宣称成功登月：俄罗斯、美国、中国、印度和日本。
Blue Ghost is named after a rare kind of firefly found in the U.S.
蓝色幽灵是以美国发现的一种稀有萤火虫命名的。
The four-legged lander is two meters tall and 3.5 meters wide.
这个四足着陆器高两米，宽3.5米。
It launched in mid-January from Florida, carrying 10 experiments for the American space agency NASA.
它于一月中旬从佛罗里达州发射升空，为美国国家航空航天局（NASA）携带了10项实验。
In a statement, NASA said the 10 experiments are designed to operate on the surface of the moon for one lunar day, which is about 14 Earth days.
美国国家航空航天局在一份声明中表示，这10项实验旨在月球表面运行一个月球日，即约14个地球日。
The Associated Press reported that NASA paid $101 million for the spacecraft and $44 million for the equipment it carried.
美联社报道称，美国国家航空航天局为这艘飞船支付了1.01亿美元，为飞船携带的设备支付了4400万美元。
It was the third mission under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
这是NASA商业月球有效载荷服务（CLPS）计划下的第三次任务。
The program aims to turn over the country’s major space missions to private companies to reduce costs.
该项目旨在将该国的主要太空任务移交给私营公司，以降低成本。
Several other companies are part of the program.
还有其他几家公司也参与了这个项目。
Another lander, called Athena, is set to attempt a moon landing on March 6.
另一台名为“雅典娜”的着陆器计划于3月6日尝试登陆月球。
That four-meter-tall spacecraft was built and operated by Houston-based Intuitive Machines.
那座四米高的航天器由总部位于休斯顿的直觉机器公司建造并运营。
It will land on another part of the moon, about 160 kilometers from the lunar south pole.
它将在月球另一处着陆，距离月球南极约160公里。
A third lander from private Japanese company ispace will attempt a moon landing in about three months.
日本私营公司ispace的第三个着陆器将在约三个月后尝试登月。
The lander, called Resilience, shared its rocket ride with Blue Ghost.
这个着陆器名为“韧性号”，它与“蓝幽灵号”共乘同一枚火箭。
But it took a longer path to the moon.
但它走了一条更长的路线到达月球。
The company is also attempting to land on the moon for the second time.
该公司也在尝试第二次登月。
Its first lander crashed in 2023.
它的首个着陆器于2023年坠毁。
NASA has said it aims to have two private landers launch to the moon each year, realizing some missions will fail.
美国国家航空航天局表示，其目标每年发射两艘私人月球着陆器，同时也意识到部分任务可能会失败。
The space agency’s top science officer is Nicky Fox.
该航天局的首席科学官是尼基·福克斯。
She told the AP the latest launches “open up a whole new way for us to get more science to space and to the moon.
她告诉美联社，最新的发射“为我们向太空和月球输送更多科学成果开辟了一条全新途径”。
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In the past, NASA’s successful moon landings involving astronauts cost billions of dollars.
过去，NASA成功实施的载人登月任务耗资数十亿美元。
But Firefly chief Jason Kim said the private companies now building and launching spacecraft have a limited budget and the spacecraft operate robotically.
但萤火虫公司首席执行官杰森·金表示，目前建造和发射航天器的私营公司预算有限，且航天器以机器人方式运行。
Kim said everything went just as planned with Blue Ghost’s landing.
金表示，蓝色幽灵的着陆一切按计划进行。
“We got some moon dust on our boots," he added.
他补充道：“我们的靴子上沾了些月尘。”
I’m Bryan Lynn.
我是布莱恩·林恩。
The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and NASA reported on this story.
美联社、法新社和美国宇航局对此事进行了报道。
Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for VOA Learning English.
布莱恩·林恩为VOA慢速英语改编了这些报道。
