Space vehicles have been an important part of space exploration because they help scientists get samples of the things they study with telescopes. There are many different kinds of space vehicles but I will mainly be talking about Rovers and Rockets. Rovers were made originally by the Soviets, but the one they tried to make failed. The first successful rover was the Lunokhod 1. It was controlled remotely and landed on the moon. Today, Rovers are used for examination of soil of unexplored planets, such as the Curiosity which landed on Mars in 2011 and its goal was to find any signs of life on Mars. The first rockets that resembled modern space type ones were first made by the Germans in 1943. Today, rockets are used to send people to other planets.