在飞向水星的路上,信使号已经成功拍摄到大部分水手十号遗漏的地区,只有大约百分之五的地区是不可见的。
On the way to Mercury, Messenger managed to make pictures of much of what Mariner 10 missed, leaving only about 5 per cent of the planet unseen.
信使号是第一艘环绕水星轨道的飞船,自从1974- 75年的水手号以来。
MESSENGER is the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury since Mariner 10 in 1974-75.
过去水手10号已绘出了45%的水星表面,而信使号的3次飞经填补了余下的空缺,如今已能呈现出一张如实完整的地图。
Mariner 10 managed to map about 45% of Mercury's surface as it sped past, but Messenger's three fly-bys have filled in the gaps, and there is now a virtually complete map of the place.
就如同2008年在信使号的一次飞经中确认了地球的磁场,水手10号也就那样发现了水星的这个磁场。
This field was discovered by Mariner 10. That it was like the Earth's was confirmed in 2008 on one of Messenger's fly-bys.
“信使”号将成为第一个绕水星飞行的航天器,它也是1975年“水手10号”接近水星后的第一次近水星探测活动。
Messenger will become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury and the first mission there since Mariner 10 in 1975.
NASA的水星水手10(Mariner 10)在1974和1975年三次飞过水星,但是已经花了NASA33年去发射返回旅行。
NASA's Mariner 10 flew by Mercury three times in 1974 and 1975, but it has taken NASA 33 years to launch a return trip.
在1970年水手10号探测器第一次造访水星,目前信使号在执行水星探测任务。
Mercury was visited first by the Mariner 10 probe in the 1970s; and by Messenger currently
它每十二小时绕水星一周,将填补早先它两次飞掠和水手十号1974、1975年照片的视觉视角。
The spacecraft will orbit about once every 12 hours and fill in the visual gaps left by it's two earlier flybys and the images snapped by Mariner 10 between 1974 and 1975.
水手10号在其快速掠过时设法绘制了水星表面大约45%的地图,不过信使号的三次近水星飞行已经填补了空白,现在有了几乎很完整的水星表面地图。
Mariner 10 managed to map about 45% of Mercury's surface as it sped past, but Messenger's three flybys have filled in the gaps, and there is now a virtually complete map of the place.
其它无人驾驶的星际探险,主要有水手号太空船三次经过最靠近太阳的行星水星,揭示出水星与月球,地球的相同点。
In other interplanetary explorations without astronauts, Mariner 10 spacecraft three times passed by Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, revealing its similarity to both the earth and the moon.
水手10号只拍到了水星布满陨石坑的表面45%的图片,前三次信使号飞过水星也没能提供所有图片。
Mariner 10 captured just 45 percent of the cratered surface before moving on, and the three previous MESSENGER flybys didn't quite fill in the whole picture.
水手10号只拍到了水星布满陨石坑的表面45%的图片,前三次信使号飞过水星也没能提供所有图片。
Mariner 10 captured just 45 percent of the cratered surface before moving on, and the three previous MESSENGER flybys didn't quite fill in the whole picture.
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