NASA’s Mars 2020 rover finally has a name: Perseverance.
NASA的火星2020漫游者终于有了一个名字：毅力。
It was suggested by a secondary school student in West Virginia, and beat out more than 28,000 entries in a public contest.
这是由西弗吉尼亚州的一名中学生提出的，并在一次公开比赛中击败了28，000多名参赛者。
“Perseverance is a strong word: it’s about making progress despite obstacles,” said NASA’s Thomas Zurbuchen during the announcement of the winning name, adding that it represents humankind’s dedication to exploring space regardless of how hard it is.
美国宇航局的托马斯·祖布肯在宣布获奖名字时说：“坚持不懈是一个强有力的词：它意味着不顾障碍取得进步。”他补充说，它代表了人类对探索太空的奉献，无论它有多难。
The rover is planned to launch aboard an Atlas V rocket in July 2020, and arrive on Mars in February 2021.
火星车计划于2020年7月搭乘阿特拉斯V火箭发射，并于2021年2月抵达火星。
It will carry with it a suite of scientific instruments including ground-penetrating radar, spectrometers to measure the composition of the soil, several cameras to take both panoramic and close-up images of the Martian surface.
它将携带一套科学仪器，包括探地雷达、测量土壤成分的光谱仪，以及拍摄火星表面全景和特写图像的几台相机。
It will also have a small helicopter that will be the first heavier-than-air aircraft on another world, and a device to produce oxygen from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
它还将拥有一架小型直升机，这将是另一个世界上第一架比空气更重的飞机，以及一个从大气中的二氧化碳中生产氧气的设备。
Both of these are technology demonstrations designed to make future exploration – by both robots and humans – easier and more efficient.
这两个都是技术演示，旨在使未来的探索-机器人和人类-更容易和更有效率。
The rover’s mission has two goals.
漫游者的任务有两个目标。
First, to take scientific measurements that help us understand the past and present Martian environment, and determine whether it could have ever hosted life.
首先，进行科学测量，帮助我们了解过去和现在的火星环境，并确定它是否曾经存在生命。
And second, to collect samples of Martian soil for a future mission to bring back to Earth.
第二，收集火星土壤样本，以便将来的任务带回地球。
That mission, another rover currently planned to launch in 2026, will pick up test tubes packed by Perseverance and bring them back to Earth, where we will be able to study them with more detail than we’ve ever been able to examine pristine Mars rocks before.
这项任务，另一个火星车目前计划在2026年发射，将拿起坚持不懈包装的试管，并将它们带回地球，在那里我们将能够研究它们比我们以前能够检查原始火星岩石更多的细节。
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