美国东部时间2月18日，美国“毅力”号火星车在火星成功着陆，将寻找火星上可能存在过的生命迹象。此次登陆是为2030年后人类探索火星做准备。

 

NASA has unveiled the first pictures from its fifth Mars rover, Perseverance¹, after a successful landing on the red planet's Jezero crater² at approximately 3:55 pm Thursday.

“毅力”号火星车于本周四（2月18日）下午3点55分左右在火星的耶泽罗陨石坑成功着陆后，美国宇航局发布了第一批由其传回的照片。“毅力”号是美国宇航局的第五辆火星巡游车。

 

"This landing is one of those pivotal moments for NASA, the United States, and space exploration globally – when we know we are on the cusp of discovery and sharpening our pencils, so to speak, to rewrite the textbooks," acting³ NASA Administrator⁴ Steve Jurczyk said in a press release. "The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission embodies⁵ our nation’s spirit of persevering⁶ even in the most challenging of situations, inspiring, and advancing science and exploration."

美国宇航局代理局长史蒂夫·尤尔奇克在一份新闻发布稿中称：“此次着陆是美国宇航局、美利坚合众国和全球太空探索的关键时刻之一。我们正处于发现和磨练的时期，而这次着陆改写了教科书。火星2020“毅力”号任务代表了美国在最具挑战性的形势下坚忍不拔的精神，启发和推动了科学与探索。”

 

Perseverance, the most technologically⁷ advanced robot NASA has sent to date, traveled 293 million miles to reach Mars over the course of more than six months after launching on a United Launch Alliance Atlas⁸ V rocket from Cape⁹ Canaveral Space Station on July 30. It will remain on Mars for nearly two years, searching for signs of ancient life and exploring the planet's surface.

“毅力”号是美国宇航局迄今为止发射的技术最先进的遥控设备。去年7月30日从卡纳维拉尔角空间站搭载联合发射联盟的阿特拉斯5号火箭发射升空后，“毅力”号在6个多月的时间里飞行了2.93亿英里（4.7亿千米）才到达了火星。“毅力”号将在火星上停留近两年，寻找远古生命迹象，探索火星表面。

 

The mission will help prepare the agency for future human exploration on Mars in the 2030s.

该任务将有助于美国宇航局为2030年后人类探索火星做好准备。

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