New Space Race: Vocabulary

Whether Washington knows or not it is in a new space race with China to be the first to land a man on Mars. Here's some space related vocabulary from a recent Chinese report on it's new space station. 

神舟 Shenzhou lit. divine vessel Shénzhōu
对接 Docking
duìjiē
航天员 Astronaut
hángtiān yuán
飞船 spaceship
fēichuán
空间站 space station
kōngjiānzhàn
天河 Tianhe
tiānhé
心舱 Heart Chamber
xīn cāng
建设 Construction
jiànshè
迎来 Usher in
yíng lái
等待 wait
děngdài
发射 launch, fire
fāshè
首次 first
shǒucì
交汇 Converge
jiāohuì
rail
guǐ
驻留 Reside
zhù liú
开展 Develop
kāizhǎn
机械臂 Robotic arm
jīxiè bì
操作 operating
cāozuò
搭载 Carry
dāzài
运载 Carry
yùnzài
火箭 rocket
huǒjiàn
卫星 satellite
wèixīng
分离 Separate
fēnlí
报告 report
bàogào
仪表 display
yíbiǎo
完毕 complete
wánbì




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