Summary
Each one has a special job to explore planets and moons. 🛰️
Key Points
3 points1
Launch vehicles carry rockets high into space.
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Orbiters stay in space and take pictures.
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Landers and rovers go down to the ground to study rocks.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsmission
a big plan to do something important
launch vehicle
the big rocket that lifts the spacecraft up
orbiter
a space machine that circles a planet and watches it
lander
a space machine that lands on a planet or moon
rover
a robot that moves around on the ground of a planet
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