1911
The first people reach the South Pole
Roald Amundsen and his team became the first humans to reach the South Pole after a grueling trek across Antarctica. Their success capped the great age of polar exploration.
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1962
The first spacecraft to fly past another planet
NASA's Mariner 2 flew past Venus, the first spacecraft to reach and study another planet. It revealed Venus as a scorching, hostile world beneath its clouds.
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