target spacecraft 目的飞行器
The program spokesman said that Tiangong-1 will serve as a target spacecraft for rendezvous1 and docking experiments.
项目发言人称,天宫一号将作为空间交会对接的目的飞行器,完成交会对接试验。
文中的target spacecraft就是指目的飞行器,此次发射的天宫一号是一个unmanned module2(无人驾驶舱)。天宫一号升空后,将进行docking experiments(对接实验)。
天宫一号可以用Tiangong-1或者Heavenly Palace 1来表示。天宫一号既是一个空间交会对接的目的飞行器,又是一个浅易的spacelab(空间实验室),中国筹备借助这个平台,要进行空间实验室的有关技术试验,并为打造space station(空间站)做筹备。
国内计划在2012年前后发射的月球车就是lunar/moon rover。Rover一般用来指流浪者,漫游者,譬如:The Indian of the West is a rover of the plain.(西部的印第安人在大平原上过着游牧生活。)
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