Mission to mars

Baikonur Cosmodrome is the launch site where Yuri Gagarin’s historic journey into space began.

Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon in 1969, making “one giant leap for mankind.”

Vostok 1 was the spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin, making him the first human to travel into space.

NASA is the American space agency planning to send humans to Mars in the 2030s.

Opportunity and Curiosity are robotic rovers on Mars. They explore the planet and send information to Earth for scientists.

Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space. In 1961, he boarded Vostok 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome.