Because the moon's body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot where it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth.

由于月球阻碍了与探测器的直接无线电通信，中国首先必须把一颗人造卫星送入月球轨道上的一个点，人造卫星可以从那里向航天器和地球发射信号。

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The orbit eventually will be circularized at about 31 miles above the moon.

轨道最终将发送在大约31英里的高空月球。

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China is preparing to put a man-made moon in the sky above Chengdu by 2020.

中国正准备在2020年前在成都上空放置一个人造月亮。

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On May twenty-third, the lander rejoined the command module one hundred kilometers above the moon.

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LCROSS will then study the soil thrown up to ten kilometers above the lunar surface before it too crashes into the moon.

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The moon was bright, above the eastern hills.

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More cars carrying lunar girls gathered at every crossroads and junction, converging from all quarters of the city to the place above which the moon seemed to have stopped.

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"Remember this moment, " announced guide Andy Richards, as we sat in the darkness, lit only by the full moon above and the glow sticks adorning our bodies.

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Above him, the moon persists in the sky despite the growing sunlight, making a silhouette of a golden eagle as it bobs up and down, riding warm currents in the air.

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