Today we are of course going to be talking about Tianwen 1.

China landed its first pair of robots on the surface of Mars on Friday, becoming the second country to do so successfully after overcoming a daring, seven-minute landing sequence. The country’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft ejected the rover-lander bundle for a Martian touchdown at around 7PM ET, kicking off a mission to study the Red Planet’s climate and geology.

生词短语:

land [lænd]

登陆；使…登陆

daring [ˈderɪŋ]

大胆的；冒险的

sequence [ˈsiːkwəns]

系列动作

spacecraft [ˈspeɪskræft]

航天器；宇宙飞船

eject [iˈdʒekt]

弹射

rover [ˈroʊvər]

巡视器

lander [ˈlændər]

着陆器

rover-lander bundle [ˈroʊvər ˈlændər ˈbʌndl]

着陆巡视器

Mars [mɑːrz]

火星

Martian [ˈmɑːrʃn]

火星的

touchdown [ˈtʌtʃdaʊn]

<名词> 着陆

kick off [ˈkɪk ɔːf]

开启

geology [dʒiˈɑːlədʒi]

地质