印度在月球表面發(fā)現(xiàn)失蹤的維克拉姆探測器

印度在月球表面發(fā)現(xiàn)失蹤的維克拉姆探測器

India has located its missing Vikram lander on the lunar surface after losing contact with the probe when it was in the final stage of an audacious moon landing attempt Friday.

印度星期五在一次大膽的登月嘗試的最后階段與探測器失去聯(lián)系后，已經(jīng)在月球表面找到了失蹤的維克拉姆登月器。

Communication with the unmanned lander was lost when it was just 1.3 miles from the lunar surface.

在距離月球表面1.3英里處，與無人著陸器失去了聯(lián)系。

K Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, confirmed Sunday that the lander had been spotted. He told the Times of India that the space agency’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has spotted Vikram on the lunar surface. ISRO is analyzing the data, he said.

印度空間研究組織(Indian Space Research Organization)主席西萬(K Sivan)周日證實，著陸器已經(jīng)被發(fā)現(xiàn)。他告訴《印度時報》，美國宇航局的“月船2號”軌道飛行器已經(jīng)在月球表面發(fā)現(xiàn)了“維克拉姆”。他說，印度空間研究組織正在分析數(shù)據(jù)。

The roughly $140 million Chandrayaan-2 mission is intended to study permanently shadowed moon craters that are thought to contain water deposits that were confirmed by the Chandrayaan-1 mission in 2008.

耗資約1.4億美元的“月船2號”任務(wù)旨在研究月球永久陰影下的環(huán)形山，這些環(huán)形山被認(rèn)為含有水層，2008年“月船1號”任務(wù)證實了這一點。

It is not yet clear what damage the lander suffered during its descent. The US, Russia and China are the only other countries to have successfully landed on the moon.

目前還不清楚著陸器在下降過程中遭受了什么損害。美國、俄羅斯和中國是另外三個成功登上月球的國家。