NASA Outlines Rover Fleet for the Lunar South Pole
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
On 20 October 2026, NASA shared a video.
- A2
On 20 October 2026, NASA shared a video about its Moon rovers.
- B1
On 20 October 2026, NASA released a video update on its Moon Base rovers.
- B2
On 20 October 2026, NASA released a video update on its Moon Base rovers.
- C1
On 20 October 2026, NASA released a video update detailing the robotic rovers and commercial lunar terrain vehicles, or LTVs, in development for its Moon Base.
- C2
Before astronauts can live and work at a long-term Moon Base, robotic scouts and uncrewed buggies will have to test the ground for them.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- terrain
- an area of land, especially when thinking about what kind of surface it has
- mobility
- the ability to move or travel from one place to another easily
- strategy
- a careful plan for achieving an important goal over a long time
- hardware
- heavy machines, tools, or computer equipment
- handle
- to deal with a situation, job, or problem successfully
- sample
- a small amount of something that is taken so scientists can study or test it
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.