Since the orbiter, the Command Module, had already been thoroughly tested, a decision was made in August 1968 to send Apollo 8 into lunar orbit instead.

由于轨道舱和指令舱已经全部测试完成，于是就决定在1968年8月先把阿波罗8号发送到月球轨道。

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14：The lunar rover for Apollo 17, called the LRV-3, sits in its finalparking spot on the Mare Serenitatis, the Lunar Module in the background onDecember 13, 1972.

该月球车称为“LRV-3”，停在澄海(Mare Serenitatis)最后一个停放地点，背景显示的是阿波罗17号登月舱。

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The float also included a model of the lunar module that would later land on the moon on Apollo 11.

太空车上还有一个登月舱模型，登月舱在不久之后就会随阿波罗11号登上月球。

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