“天问一号”飞行超3亿千米
Mars probe travels 300M km
国家航天局发布声明称，截至11月17日凌晨，我国的“天问一号”火星探测器飞行里程突破3亿千米，探测器各系统工作正常。
China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe had traveled 300 million kilometers as of Tuesday morning, according to the China National Space Administration. The administration said in a statement that the spacecraft was in good condition.
截至11月17日，“天问一号”已在地火转移轨道上飞行了116天，距离地球约6380万千米，仍在奔向火星的途中。
By Tuesday morning, the robotic probe had flown 116 days in an Earth-Mars transfer trajectory toward the red planet, about 63.8 million km away from the Earth, it noted.
“天问一号”计划于2021年2月到达火星引力势场，开始做降落的相关准备，预计2021年5月着陆火星表面。
The spacecraft is programmed to reach the Martian gravitational field in February and then begin to prepare for landing, which is expected to take place in May.
着陆后“天问一号”将释放火星车，开展科研探测工作。
After the landing, it will release a rover to conduct scientific exploration.
7月23日，我国在海南文昌航天发射场，用“长征五号”重型运载火箭成功发射我国首次独立火星探测任务“天问一号”探测器，开启了我国行星探测的序幕。
Tianwen 1, the country's first independent Mars mission, was launched by a Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket on July 23 at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China's Hainan province, opening the nation's planetary exploration program.