English Every Day: First Moon & Mars Landings

Your Daily English Programme #15 - First Time on the Moon & on Mars (Listening B2)

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On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11, NASA's first manned spacecraft successfully landed on the moon, making mission commander Neil Armstrong the first human to walk on the moon.

On July 20, 1976, NASA's space probe, Viking 1, landed on Mars at Chryse Planitia: the first Martian landing in the history of space exploration.

Watch These Short Videos: Which space mission had a scientific purpose? Which was more of an engineering feat?

(see the answers in the comments section or turn on English subs on the videos)

Let's Practice

According to the videos, how do the two space missions compare with regard to the following:

(see answers in the first comment)

Over to You

Creating a human city on Mars will be a possibility in the near future¹. But of course, it won't be without its challenges. What challenges do you think are involved in creating the first human city on Mars?

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1 Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, believes humans can travel to Mars and create self-sustaining cities as early as 2023.^↩