Summary
Orbiters stay high above planets and take pictures 📸
Landers touch down on the ground to study rocks 🪨
Rovers drive around and explore the surface 🚗
Key Points
4 points1
Rockets carry everything up.
2
Orbiters circle the planet.
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Landers land on the surface.
4
Rovers move and investigate.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsmission
a trip or project to do something in space
specialised
made for a special job
launch vehicle
a big rocket that carries things up
orbiter
a spacecraft that circles a planet
lander
a spacecraft that lands on a planet
rover
a robot that drives on a planet’s surface
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