Japan's space agency says a spacecraft that landed on the moon earlier this month has regained power and is continuing its mission.
日本的太空机构表示，本月早些时候登陆月球的一艘航天器已经恢复动力，并正在继续执行任务。
Officials from the Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Monday they had successfully reestablished communication with the SLIM moon explorer.
日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA）的官员周一表示，他们已经成功地与SLIM月球探测器重新建立了通信。
SLIM touched down on the moon on January 20. But the spacecraft landed the wrong way up. Its solar equipment was unable to see the sun. JAXA said SLIM was likely able to regain power because of a change in the sun's direction.
SLIM于1月20日登陆月球。但飞船降落的方向不对。它的太阳能设备无法接受到阳光。JAXA表示，由于太阳朝向的改变，SLIM很可能能够重新获得动力。
After the landing, JAXA used the spacecraft's battery power to gather as much data as possible about the touchdown and the surrounding area. The power was then turned off to wait for the sun to rise higher in the lunar sky.
着陆后，日本宇宙航空研究开发机构利用航天器的电池电量收集了尽可能多的关于着陆点和周围区域的数据。然后关闭电源，等待太阳在月球上空升起得更高。
Mission officials have said the explorer landed within 55 meters of its target near the lunar equator. It also landed in between two craters in an area covered in volcanic rock. JAXA said these results demonstrated progress in what it calls "pinpoint" landing technology.
任务官员表示，该探测器在月球赤道附近距离目标55米以内着陆。它还降落在覆盖着火山岩的两个火山口之间。日本宇宙航空研究开发机构表示，这些结果证明了其所谓的“精确定位”着陆技术的进步。
Past moon missions generally aimed to hit flat areas at least 10 kilometers wide. But the ability to land on very exact targets is expected to help support future space vehicles traveling to the moon and other places.
过去的月球任务通常旨在抵达至少10公里宽的平坦区域。但是，降落在非常精确的目标上的能力预计将有助于支持未来前往月球和其他星球的太空飞行器。
The main purpose of the mission was to test the possibility that spacecraft can land on very specific targets. But SLIM is also capturing images and released two small explorers. The explorers are designed to examine mineral-rich rocks and collect data on the moon's development.
这次任务的主要目的是测试航天器能够降落在非常特定的目标上的可能性。但SLIM也在拍摄图像，并释放了两台小型探测车。探测车的任务是检查富含矿物质的岩石，并收集有关月球发展的数据。
JAXA has not named a specific date for when SLIM will end its operations on the moon. But the agency has said in the past that the lander was not designed to survive a lunar night. The next lunar night begins on Thursday.
日本宇宙航空研究开发机构尚未确定SLIM结束其月球使命的具体日期。但该机构过去曾表示，着陆器的设计不适用于月夜生存。下一个月夜从星期四开始。
The mission made Japan the fifth country in the world to successfully land on the surface of the moon, after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.
这次任务使日本成为继美国、苏联、中国和印度之后，世界上第五个成功登上月球表面的国家。
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