Technology has allowed people to explore space-from building and launching spacecraft to walking on the moon and finding black holes! Tech Bytes: Exploring Space takes readers on an exciting out-of-this-world voyage and uncovers cutting-edge technology. This series supports STEM and NGSS standards. Each book contains fact boxes, sidebars, a glossary, an index, and places to go for more information. Visiting Space, Humans have been visiting space since 1961, the year the first person traveled to space. Since that time, countless others have gone to space with hopes of exploring our solar system and beyond. In fact, people are orbiting Earth right now! Did you know? Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. There is a small amount of gravity in space. It's called microgravity.