嫦娥五号计划2019年发射，从月球捎“礼物”

China plans to launch the Chang’e-5 lunar probe next year, which is expected to bring lunar samples back to the Earth.

中国计划明年发射月球探测器“嫦娥5号”，其有望携带月球样本重返地球。

While addressing a space conference yesterday, China’s Space Day, Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said the Chang’e-5 lunar probe will be highly complex, containing four parts: an orbiter, a returner, an ascender and a lander.

昨天是中国航天日，中国国家航天局月球探测与太空计划中心副主任裴兆宇（音）在昨日举行的航天会议上表示，嫦娥5号的结构高度复杂，包含四部分：轨道器、返回器、上升器和着陆器。

The lander will put moon samples in a vessel in the ascender after the Moon landing. Then the ascender will take off from the Moon to dock with the orbiter and the returner orbiting the Moon, and transfer the samples to the returner, Pei said.

裴称，着陆器将在登陆月球后采集样品，放入一容器内。之后，上升器从月球起飞，与轨道器和绕月飞行的返回器对接，将样品转运至返回器内。

The orbiter and returner then head back to the Earth, separating from each other several thousands of kilometers from the Earth. Finally, the returner will make its way back to the Earth.

接着，轨道器和返回器掉头返回，在离地球数千公里处分离。最终，返回器将按既定路线返回地球。

After fulfilling the three steps of its lunar probe program — orbiting, landing and returning — China will conduct further exploration of the Moon, including landing and probing the polar regions of the Moon, said Tian Yulong, the CNSA’s secretary-general.

中国国家航天局秘书长田玉龙说，在完成了月球探测计划的三个步骤——“绕月”、“落月”、“返回”之后——中国将进一步探索月球，包括登陆和探测月球的两极地区。

China will further develop its space industry after the unmanned lunar exploration is accomplished and its own space station is established around 2022.

在完成了无人月球探测之后，中国将深化发展太空技术，争取在2022年左右建立自己的太空站。