China's space program is celebrating yet another success. 中國的太空計畫又在慶祝另一項成功了。
Its moon rover, the so-called Jade Rabbit, it rolled onto the lunar surface after its first successful landing in nearly four decades. 該國名為玉兔的月球車駛上了月球表面，是將近四十年來首度成功降落月球。
Ivan Watson has more from Beijing. 伊凡．華森從北京帶來更多報導。
China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover is now exploring the moon. 現在，中國的玉兔號月球車正在探索月球。
This vehicle detached itself from the larger Chang'e-3 lunar probe in the early hours Sunday Beijing time. 這部機具在北京時間週日清晨脫離了體積較大的嫦娥三號登月探測器。
Now, the probe itself made a historic soft unmanned landing on the moon Saturday night Beijing time. 登月探測器本身在北京時間週六晚間完成了歷史性的無人軟著陸。
And it now puts China as the third country to accomplish this technological feat, coming after the U.S. and Russia. 現在，中國成了第三個達到此一科技壯舉的國家，僅次於美國與俄羅斯。
It landed on the moon. Chang'e-3 is on the moon. 降落在月球表面了，嫦娥三號在月球上了。
And we saw scenes of scientists from China's space agency celebrating, embracing each other at the moment that that lunar probe made its successful landing on the moon. 我們看到中國航天局的科學家正在興奮歡慶、互相擁抱，此刻登月探測器成功降落於月球上了。
Now one of the missions of this lunar probe, which is partially solar-powered, it's a six-wheeled vehicle weighing about 140 kilograms... 這具登月探測器的任務之一是，它是部份採用太陽能動力的六輪機具，重約一百四十公斤……
one of its missions is to explore a part of the moon known as the Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows. 其任務之一是探索月球上一個稱為虹灣的區域（編註：Sinus Iridum 為拉丁文）。
It's also tasked with looking beneath the surface of the moon using ground-penetrating radar, in part to search for possible valuable mineral deposits. 它的任務還包括利用透地雷達探究月球地表底下，一部分的目的是為了找尋可能具有價值的礦床。
Now some experts tell CNN that they think the Chinese may be looking at the possibility at [of] future prospecting and mining missions to the moon. 有些專家向本台表示，他們認為中國人可能著眼於未來上月球探礦以及採礦任務的可能性。
The Chinese acknowledge that their space program is decades behind the U.S. and Russia, for example, 舉例來說，中國坦承其太空計畫落後美、俄數十年，
but this does seem to be a part of a much bigger strategy 但此成就看起來的確是一個更為龐大的策略的一部分，
that also involves establishing China's own global positioning system of satellites around the Earth and also building its own manned space station. 其中還包括在地球周圍部署中國自己的全球定位衛星系統，以及打造中國自己的載人太空站。
And that's very significant, because if everything goes according to plan, 這點具有重大意義，因為如果一切都按照計畫進行，
when the International Space Station is decommissioned in 2020, 那麼國際太空站在二○二○年退役之後，
in the subsequent decade it will be the Chinese that will have the only manned space station orbiting around the Earth. 後續十年間將只有中國擁有繞行地球的載人太空站。