中国宇航部门拟2020年探测火星

China to go to Mars by 2020: Nation takes another step towards red planet as it reveals it will launch second space station this year

中国2020年探测火星，国家向红色星球迈另一步，今年会发射第二个太空站

China has set its sights firmly on Mars and is aiming to launch a mission to the red planet by 2020.

中国已经坚定不移地把目光投向火星，旨在2020年前向红色星球发射探测器。

The country’s plans were given a boost yesterday after it recovered an experimental probe launched aboard a new generation rocket.

昨天，中国的计划得到了推动，回收了一个实验装置，而该实验装置是搭载新一代火箭上去的。

Space program authorities said the spaceship’s landing on the vast Inner Mongolian steppe keeps China on schedule to place its second space station into orbit later this year.

实验飞船在广袤的内蒙古大草原降落。由此，中国能按计划在今年底向太空送入第二个空间站。