Many areas of the lunar South Pole are literally frozen in time, holding preserved clues to the formation of our solar system.

月球南极的很多地区都保留着古老的地理线索，对研究太阳系的形成很有帮助。

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Now forty years after the first moon landing, NASA has turned its attention back to lunar missions, this time planning to stay longer.

在首次登陆月球40年后的今天，美国宇航局再次将注意力转向了月球探索，这一次他们计划要在月球逗留更长的时间。

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Orion was originally intended to serve as a crew capsule for the Constellation program, an ambitious NASA project to return humans to the moon and eventually create a full-time lunar base.

奥赖恩太空船原本打算作为星座计划(美国航天局的一项雄心勃勃计划，试图使人类重返月球，并最终建立一个专用的月球基地)的乘员太空舱。

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They had to do this by firing the lunar module rocket engine for just the right amount of time.

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The Lunar New Year begins February 14, and is traditionally a popular time for travel in Asia.

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Armstrong's seemingly casual reaction to peril left his NASA colleagues in awe when, in May 1968, he picked exactly the right time to eject from a lunar landing simulator that had spun out of control.

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The watch was used to time the duration of the Descent Orbit Insertion maneuver and to time the rendezvous maneuvers after launch from the lunar surface.

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Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt -- a geologist at the time, and the only scientist to make the lunar journey -- served a term as U.S. senator from New Mexico, but was defeated in a run for re-election in 1982.

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