In 1969 we sent a man to the moon. Then we sent Voyagers 1 and 2 into deep space to discover life that is not ours. They found geysers on Neptune’s moon and volcanoes on Jupiter. This was 35 years ago; they are now about 11 billion miles from the sun and scientists still listen in every day for more. Oh and a man jumped to earth, 

Once we didn't even know India existed, now we can see the clouds over the Indian Ocean.

Image: NASA

We’ve come a long way since taking one small step for man and the latest is that NASA has discovered more signs of water on Mars in a place called Yellowknife Bay.

These signs are water-bearing minerals, like hydrogen, that have been left in the rock.

The Curiosity rover uses an infrared camera and shoots neutron particles into the ground to source the hydrogen. This is its arm:

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA has also discovered a new planetary system called Kepler-37. It is home to the smallest planet known to man – or aliens – and is formed around a sun like ours.

It’s 210 light years away and has just 3 planets – none of which are suitable for life as we know it.

This is Kepler-37b – the smallest planet. It is slightly larger than our moon and measures 1/3 the size of our earth.

Image: NASA/Ames/JPL/-Caltech

We have also discovered mountains on Mars:

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

This is the base of Mount Sharp. It is 3 miles high and located in Gale Crater near the Martian equator. Scientists do not know how it formed, but what they do know is there is nothing like it on Earth.

We have also taken soil samples to ask: could life survive?

It was thought that conditions were too harsh, the planet too far from the sun. But scientists discovered the soil had chemicals like magnesium, potassium, and chloride – all essential for life.

These are picture staken by NASA's Curiosity rover.

And scientists are trying to understand the moon's gravity pattern - which is different to any other planet's we know of. They discovered that the moon's crust is almost as thin as the earth's and this supports the theory that the moon is made up of earth materials, forced out during a giant impact.

They discovered the patterns below when they crashed a spaceship on purpose and had another monitor the results.

More stars, more planets, more galaxies - it's endless. But even if you’re not a Lance Armstrong, you can still go to space.