They go to some incredible place like a mountain in Patagonia, and they take a tiny soil sample and bring it back.

他们去了像巴塔哥尼亚山区这样的好地方，采集了一点土壤样本带了回来。

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One of those robotic devices, after maneuvering to a suitable location with guidance from Earth-based controllers, will use a mechanical arm to scoop up a sample of lunar soil.

那时，将有一种机器人设施，能够根据地球基站控制人员的指令寻找到适当的位置，用机器手攫取月球表面风化层泥土材料样本。

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Through a series of manufacturing steps, the onboard materials-processing unit will use the soil sample to fabricate a functioning solar cell.

经过一系列的制造程序，登月飞船携带的材料加工设备将利用月球泥土中的提取的材料制造出可正常运行的太阳能电池。

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The team will sample soil, water and air.

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It was important to keep the jostling to a minimum, since the rover was still carrying a soil sample.

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Another experiment the team are carrying out involves taking a metre-deep soil sample, which co-researcher Rebecca Rowe describes as "quite unusual".

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