1-take a step toward 向……迈出一步

China takes step toward space station with new rocket launch.

2-boast 有（值得自豪的东西）

3-payload 有效载荷，装备

It has been almost ten years in development and boasts the largest fairing-the protective nose cone that contains the payload-of any Chinese carrier rocket.

4-make for 促成，造就

The single-core stage makes for a simple structure and will ensure greater reliability, compared to multi-stage rockets, according to Xinhua.

5-buoy 鼓舞，鼓励

6-the far/dark side of the moon

7-fire 发射

8-rover 漫游者，流浪者

Buoyed by billions of dollars in government investment, Beijing has fired space labs and satellites into orbit and even become the first country to send an unmanned rover to the far side of the moon.