Mars exploration In 1997, the Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars. It was an uncrewed spacecraft that included a rover. Rovers are robots with wheels and arms. They can move around the surface of a planet, while taking photos and samples. The next objective is to land a crewed spacecraft on Mars in the year 2030. Moon exploration The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Moon on the 20th of July 1969. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. In 1972, Apollo 17 was the last mission to land on the Moon. First steps in space In the middle of the 20th century, the first rockets were built. They were used to launch artificial satellites and crewed spacecraft, or spacecraft with people on board. The first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth was Sputnik 1. It was launched in 1957. The first crewed spacecraft was Vostok 1. It was launched in 1961. Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space. How do we explore space? word bank artificial satellite rocket spacecraft space exploration In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly into space. The Lunar Module Eagle of the Apollo 11 mission landed in an area called the "Sea of Tranquility". The Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021. 96 · n i n e t y - s i x
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