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India Announces New Plans for Moon Landing in 2020
India has announced plans to land an unpiloted space vehicle on the moon in 2020. The plans mark a continuation of India's drive to expand its space program.
The head of India's Space Research Organization, K. Sivan, made the announcement on January 1.
The planned mission, called Chandrayaan-3, aims to land an exploration vehicle on the moon's surface. Chandrayaan is the Sanskrit word for "moon vehicle." Sivan recently told reporters that mission planning had progressed "smoothly" so far.
"We are targeting the launch for this year, but it may spill over to next year," Sivan said. Indian sources told the French news agency AFP that officials had set November as a target launch date.
India is seeking to become only the fourth nation to land on the moon's surface — after Russia, the United States and China. Israel made an unsuccessful attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon last April.

India has worked to establish itself as a low-cost satellite launcher. It is seeking to become a world space power. However, the country's space program suffered a failed moon-landing attempt last September. That mission, Chandrayaan-2, ended with the lander spacecraft crashing on the moon's surface.
Chandrayaan-2 had aimed to land on the south pole of the moon, where no other lunar mission had gone before. The area is believed to contain water because it is largely unaffected by the high temperatures of the sun.
Chandrayaan-3's explorer vehicle hopes to confirm the presence of water in the form of lunar ice, which it first discovered during a mission in 2008.
Sivan said the new unpiloted mission is expected to cost about $35 million, with additional launch costs.
Sivan also announced that India had chosen four candidate astronauts to take part in the country's first planned piloted mission into orbit. That mission is set for late 2021 at the earliest. The four candidates are expected to start training in Russia later this month. Up to three astronauts are to take part in the flight.
The piloted mission is one of India's main planned projects to mark the 75th anniversary of India's independence from British rule.
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1. aim to do sth. 致力于；旨在；以…为目标；
They are aiming to reduce unemployment by 50%.
他们正力求使失业人数下降50%HCETua0EN2W^F#3E5。
2. so far 迄今为止；到目前为止；
So far we haven't been able to find anything, but we're still researching.
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3. seek to do sth. 力图；想方设法；
He also denied that he would seek to annex the country.
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4. take part in 参加；参与；
They returned to take part in the season's opening game.
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印度宣布2020年新登月计划
印度宣布了2020年无人航天器登陆月球的计划HWTI8e6b4Wow;EC4f。这项计划标志着印度将继续努力扩大其太空项目cvl^HqhuL=LzM。
印度空间研究组织主席西万于1月1日宣布了这一消息bmRiAWtDyS[。
这项任务计划名为“月船三号”，旨在让探测器登陆月球表面dtzsULY|xlnOQ(。Chandrayaan是梵语中月球车的意思hncqzy,S(U2s0UiF。西万最近对记者表示，这项任务计划目前进展顺利L=gmG-j+gGI*u86Skv9。
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印度正在寻求成为继俄罗斯、美国和中国之后第四个登陆月球表面的国家rObwx2K[akh^)Y@1。去年4月，以色列曾试图登陆月球，但未能成功,6[VTw#u,Jp|。
印度一直致力于将自已打造为低成本卫星发射国+o35UA7kqhEH3t。该国正寻求成为世界太空强国^uC%AsF0ZpDY。然而，印度的太空计划在去年9月尝试登月时经历失败@VmV.o~TZ*-65yM8@(+。那项名为“月船二号”的任务以登陆器撞上月球表面而告终rXNUjWAIffw。
“月船二号”原计划在月球南极登陆，此前没有其他月球任务到达过那里[SU[;BKWoE@t+uAWju)K。该区域被认为存在水，因为那里基本上没有受到太阳高温的影响ClqfV)v[lt~。
“月船三号”探测车希望确认有月球冰形态的水存在，月球冰在2008年进行的一次任务中首次被发现5R_FhP#VxcP@Nr2;gM6T。
西万表示，这项新无人探测任务预计花费约3500万美元，发射费用不包含在内w(JljzHNgCR*uc51|~x。
西万还宣布印度挑选了四名候选宇航员参加该国首次载人进入轨道的任务vgWWiU+^~MS。这项任务定于最早在2021年末进行AhyUR=n*x=V。四名候选人将于本月晚些时候在俄罗斯开始训练8~@4Ggc_w)PPKIArb0。最多将有三名宇航员参加这一航天任务Lq]m,*K^kFH3Nn^。
这个载人任务是印度纪念从英国独立75周年的主要任务计划之一%2#WxTr4k[DM2M6N+。
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