Yinghuo 1 will work in tandem with the Russian probe, and it carries a camera for "public outreach".

“萤火虫1号”将与俄罗斯的探测器协同工作，它带有一架用于“面向公众”的相机。

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China's first planetary probe, the tiny Yinghuo 1 orbiter, will also hitch a ride to Mars with Phobos-Grunt.

中国的第一个行星探测器，“萤火虫1号”微型轨道飞行器，也将搭载在“火卫一步兵”上飞往火星。

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But Yinghuo 1 will also be exploring the upper atmosphere of mars-aiming to discover why water vanished from the red planet.

但“萤火虫1号”也将探索火星的外大气层，目的是找出这颗红色星球上水消失了的原因。

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The mission is also notable because China's first Mars satellite, Yinghuo-1, has been launched piggy-back on the main Russian spacecraft.

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Well, maybe the Chinese Yinghuo-1 could do something scientifically useful in Earth orbit, and maybe the equipment that is designed to stay on the Phobosian surface could be useful.

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