 Westerners are also known for their explorations of the globe and outer space.The first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth (1522) was by Westerners, as well as the first journey to the South Pole (1911), and the first Moon landing (1969).The landing of robots on Mars (2004 and 2012) and on an asteroid (2001), the "Voyager 2" explorations of the outer planets (Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989), "Voyager 1"s passage into interstellar space (2013), and "New Horizons" flyby of Pluto (2015) were significant recent Western achievements.