List of missions to Mars

Missions

Spacecraft Launch Date Operator Mission[1] Outcome[2] Remarks Carrier rocket[3]
1M No.1 10 October 1960 OKB-1
Soviet Union
Flyby Launch failure Failed to orbit Molniya
1M No.2 14 October 1960 OKB-1
Soviet Union
Flyby Launch failure Failed to orbit Molniya
2MV-4 No.1 24 October 1962 Soviet Union Flyby Launch failure Booster stage ("Block L") disintegrated in LEO Molniya
Mars 1
(2MV-4 No.2)
1 November 1962 Soviet Union Flyby Spacecraft failure Communications lost before flyby Molniya
2MV-3 No.1 4 November 1962 Soviet Union Lander Launch failure Never left LEO Molniya
Mariner 3 5 November 1964 NASA
United States
Flyby Launch failure Payload fairing failed to separate Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Mariner 4 28 November 1964 NASA
United States
Flyby Successful Closest approach at 01:00:57 UTC on 15 July 1965 Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Zond 2
(3MV-4A No.2)
30 November 1964 Soviet Union Flyby Spacecraft failure Communications lost before flyby Molniya
Mariner 6 25 February 1969 NASA
United States
Flyby Successful Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
2M No.521 27 March 1969 Soviet Union Orbiter Launch failure Failed to orbit Proton-K/D
Mariner 7 27 March 1969 NASA
United States
Flyby Successful Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
2M No.522 2 April 1969 Soviet Union Orbiter Launch failure Failed to orbit Proton-K/D
Mariner 8 9 May 1971 NASA
United States
Orbiter Launch failure Failed to orbit Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Kosmos 419
(3MS No.170)
10 May 1971 Soviet Union Orbiter Launch failure Never left LEO; booster stage burn timer set incorrectly Proton-K/D
Mars 2
(4M No.171)
19 May 1971 Soviet Union Orbiter Mostly successful Entered orbit on 27 November 1971, operated for 362 orbits. Mapping operations unsuccessful due to dust storms on the surface[4] Proton-K/D
Mars 2 lander
(SA 4M No.171)
19 May 1971 Soviet Union Lander Spacecraft failure Deployed from Mars 2, failed to land during attempt on 27 November 1971 Proton-K/D
Mars 3
(4M No.172)
28 May 1971 Soviet Union Orbiter Mostly successful Entered orbit on 2 December 1971, operated for 20 orbits.[5] Mapping operations unsuccessful due to dust storms on the surface[6] Proton-K/D
Mars 3 lander
(SA 4M No.172)
28 May 1971 Soviet Union Lander Partial failure Deployed from Mars 3; landed at 13:52 UTC on 2 December 1971; contact lost 14.5 seconds after transmission start Proton-K/D
Prop-M Rover rover
(SA 4M No.172)
28 May 1971 Soviet Union Rover Spacecraft failure Failed to deploy Proton-K/D
Mariner 9 30 May 1971 NASA
United States
Orbiter Successful[7] Entered orbit on 14 November 1971, deactivated 516 days after entering orbit Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Mars 4
(3MS No.52S)
21 July 1973 Soviet Union Orbiter Spacecraft failure Failed to perform orbital insertion burn Proton-K/D
Mars 5
(3MS No.53S)
25 July 1973 Soviet Union Orbiter Partial failure Failed after 9 days in Mars orbit; returned 180 frames Proton-K/D
Mars 6
(3MP No.50P)
5 August 1973 Soviet Union Lander
Flyby
Spacecraft failure Contact lost upon landing, atmospheric data mostly unreadable. Flyby bus collected data.[8] Proton-K/D
Mars 7
(3MP No.51P)
9 August 1973 Soviet Union Lander
Flyby
Spacecraft failure Separated from coast stage prematurely, failed to enter Martian atmosphere Proton-K/D
Viking 1 orbiter 20 August 1975 NASA
United States
Orbiter Successful Operated for 1385 orbits Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 1 lander 20 August 1975 NASA
United States
Lander Successful Deployed from Viking 1 orbiter, operated for 2245 sols Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 2 orbiter 9 September 1975 NASA
United States
Orbiter Successful Operated for 700 orbits Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 2 lander 9 September 1975 NASA
United States
Lander Successful Deployed from Viking 2 orbiter, operated for 1281 sols Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Phobos 1
(1F No.101)
7 July 1988 Soviet Union Orbiter
Phobos lander
Spacecraft failure Communications lost before reaching Mars; failed to enter orbit Proton-K/D-2
Phobos 2
(1F No.102)
12 July 1988 Soviet Union Orbiter
Phobos lander
Partial failure Orbital observations successful, communications lost before landing Proton-K/D-2
Mars Observer 25 September 1992 NASA
United States
Orbiter Spacecraft failure Lost communications before orbital insertion Commercial Titan III
Mars Global Surveyor 7 November 1996 NASA
United States
Orbiter Successful Operated for seven years Delta II 7925
Mars 96
(M1 No.520)
16 November 1996 Rosaviakosmos
Russia
Orbiter
Penetrators
Launch failure Never left LEO Proton-K/D-2
Mars Pathfinder 4 December 1996 NASA
United States
Lander Successful Landed at 19.13°N 33.22°W on 4 July 1997[9] Delta II 7925
Sojourner 4 December 1996 NASA
United States
Rover Successful Operated for 84 days[10] Delta II 7925
Nozomi
(PLANET-B)
3 July 1998 ISAS
Japan
Orbiter Spacecraft failure Ran out of fuel before reaching Mars M-V
Mars Climate Orbiter 11 December 1998 NASA
United States
Orbiter Spacecraft failure Approached Mars too closely during orbit insertion attempt due to unit conversion error and burned up in the atmosphere Delta II 7425
Mars Polar Lander 3 January 1999 NASA
United States
Lander Spacecraft failure Failed to land Delta II 7425
Deep Space 2 3 January 1999 NASA
United States
Penetrator Spacecraft failure Deployed from MPL, no data returned Delta II 7425
Mars Odyssey 7 April 2001 NASA
United States
Orbiter Operational Expected to remain operational until 2025. Delta II 7925
Mars Express 2 June 2003 ESA
Europe
Orbiter Operational Enough fuel to remain operational until 2026. Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Beagle 2 2 June 2003 ESA
Europe
Lander Lander failure Deployed from Mars Express. Successful landing, but two solar panels failed to deploy, obstructing its communications. Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Spirit
(MER-A)
10 June 2003 NASA
United States
Rover Successful Landed on January 4, 2004.
Operated for 2208 sols
Delta II 7925
Opportunity
(MER-B)
8 July 2003 NASA
United States
Rover Operational Landed on January 25, 2004 Delta II 7925H
Rosetta 2 March 2004 ESA
Europe
Gravity assist Successful Flyby in February 2007 en route to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko[11] Ariane 5G+
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 12 August 2005 NASA
United States
Orbiter Operational Entered orbit on March 10, 2006 Atlas V 401
Phoenix 4 August 2007 NASA
United States
Lander Successful Landed on May 25, 2008.
End of mission November 2, 2008
Delta II 7925
Dawn 27 September 2007 NASA
United States
Gravity assist Successful Flyby in February 2009 en route to 4 Vesta and Ceres Delta II 7925H
Fobos-Grunt 8 November 2011 Roskosmos
Russia
Orbiter
Phobos sample
Spacecraft failure Never left LEO (intended to depart under own power) Zenit-2M
Yinghuo-1 8 November 2011 CNSA
PR China
Orbiter Failure
Lost with Fobos-Grunt
To have been deployed by Fobos-Grunt Zenit-2M
Curiosity
(Mars Science Laboratory)
26 November 2011 NASA
United States
Rover Operational Landed on August 6, 2012 Atlas V 541
Mars Orbiter Mission
(Mangalyaan)
5 November 2013 ISRO
India
Orbiter Operational Entered orbit on 24 September 2014. Mission extended till 2020.[12] PSLV-XL
MAVEN 18 November 2013 NASA
United States
Orbiter Operational Orbit insertion on September 22, 2014[13] Atlas V 401
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter 14 March 2016 ESA/Roscosmos
Europe/Russia
Orbiter Operational Entered orbit on October 19, 2016 Proton-M/Briz-M
Schiaparelli EDM lander 14 March 2016 ESA
Europe
Lander Partial failure Carried by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Lander crashed, but test declared successful as critical data was retrieved.[14][15] Proton-M/Briz-M
InSight 5 May 2018[16][17] NASA
United States
Lander En route Landing due on November 26, 2018. Atlas V 401

Locations of selected Mars landers and rovers

Acidalia PlanitiaAcidalia PlanitiaAlba MonsAmazonis PlanitiaAonia TerraArabia TerraArcadia PlanitiaArcadia PlanitiaArgyre PlanitiaElysium MonsElysium PlanitiaHellas PlanitiaHesperia PlanumIsidis PlanitiaLucas PlanumLyot CraterNoachis TerraOlympus MonsPromethei TerraRudaux CraterSolis PlanumTempe TerraTerra CimmeriaTerra SabaeaTerra SirenumTharsis MontesUtopia PlanitiaValles MarinerisVastitas BorealisVastitas BorealisMap of Mars
The image above contains clickable linksInteractive imagemap of the global topography of Mars, overlain with locations of Mars landers and rovers (Red label = Rover; Blue label = Lander; bold red/blue = currently active). Hover your mouse to see the names of over 25 prominent geographic features, and click to link to them. Coloring of the base map indicates relative elevations, based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. Reds and pinks are higher elevation (+3 km to +8 km); yellow is 0 km; greens and blues are lower elevation (down to −8 km). Whites (>+12 km) and browns (>+8 km) are the highest elevations. Axes are latitude and longitude; Poles are not shown.
(See also: Mars map & Mars Memorials & Mars Memorials map) (view • discuss)
Beagle 2 (2003)
Curiosity (2012) →
Deep Space 2 (1999)
Mars 2 (1971)
Mars 3 (1971)
Mars 6 (1973)
Polar Lander (1999)
Opportunity (2004)
Phoenix (2008)
Schiaparelli EDM (2016)
Sojourner (1997)
Spirit (2004)
Viking 1 (1976)
Viking 2 (1976)

There are a number of derelict orbiters around Mars whose location is not known precisely; there is a proposal to search for small moons, dust rings, and old orbiters with the Optical Navigation Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. [18] There should be 8 derelict Mars orbiters barring unforeseen events if they have not decayed as of 2016.[19] One example is Mariner 9, which entered Mars orbit in 1971 and is expected to remain in orbit until approximately 2022, when the spacecraft is projected to enter the Martian atmosphere and either burn up or crash into the planet's surface.[20] The Viking 1 orbiter is predicted not to decay until at least 2019.[21] One orbiter that is confirmed to have undergone Mars atmospheric entry is Mars Climate Orbiter.

(see also List of Mars orbiters)

Future missions

In development

Mission Launch Notes Organization
Hope Mars Mission July 2020 [22][23][24] Orbiter MBRSC, UAE
Mars 2020 July 2020 Rover, helicopter NASA, USA
ExoMars 2020 July 2020[25] Lander, rover ESA, EU
2020 Chinese Mars Mission July/August 2020[26] Orbiter, lander, rover CNSA, China
Mars Terahertz Microsatellite[27] July 2020[28] Orbiter, lander NICT, ISSL, Japan
Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (Mangalyaan 2) 2022[29][30] Orbiter ISRO, India
Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) 2024[31][32] Orbiter, Phobos lander JAXA, Japan

Proposals

Mission Launch Notes Organisation
Demo mission 2022 Lander, cargo[33] SpaceX, USA
Crewed mission 2024 Lander, cargo, crew[34] SpaceX, USA
Next Mars Orbiter (NeMO) Late 2020s[35] Telecomm orbiter[36] (originally proposed for 2022) NASA, USA

Missions to the moons of Mars

Deimos (lower left) and Phobos (lower right) compared with the asteroid 951 Gaspra
Phobos by Mars Global Surveyor in 1998[37]

Missions dedicated to explore the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. Many missions to Mars have also included dedicated observations of the Moons, while this section is about missions focused solely on them. There have been three unsuccessful dedicated missions and many proposals. Because of the proximity of the Mars moons to Mars, any mission to them may also be considered a mission to Mars from some perspectives.

There have been at least three proposals in the United States Discovery Program, including PADME, PANDORA, and MERLIN.[38] The ESA has also considered a sample return mission, one of the latest known as Martian Moon Sample Return or MMSR, and it may use heritage from an asteroid sample return mission.[39]

ProposalTargetReference
AladdinPhobos and Deimos[40]
DSRDeimos[41]
GulliverDeimos[42]
HallPhobos and Deimos[43]
M-PADSPhobos and Deimos[44]
MerlinPhobos and Deimos[45]
MMSR (2011 ver.)Phobos or Deimos[39]
OSRIS-REx 2Phobos or Deimos[46]
PandoraPhobos and Deimos[38]
PCROSSPhobos[47]
Phobos SurveyorPhobos[48]
PRIMEPhobos[49]
Fobos-Grunt 2Phobos[50]
PhootprintPhobos[51][52]
PADMEPhobos and Deimos[53][54]

In Japan, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) is developing a sample return mission to Phobos,[55][56] due to launch in 2024. This mission is called Martian Moons Exploration (MMX)[57] and is proposed as a flagship Strategic Large Mission.[58] MMX will build on the expertise the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) would gain through the Hayabusa2 and SLIM missions.[59] As of January 2018, MMX is set for launch in September 2024.[60]

Planned missionTargetReference
Martian Moons Exploration (MMX)Phobos and Deimos[57]

Three missions to land on Phobos have been launched; the Phobos program in the late 1980s saw the launch of Fobos 1 and Fobos 2, while the Fobos-Grunt sample return mission was launched in 2011. None of these missions were successful: Fobos 1 failed en route to Mars, Fobos 2 failed shortly before landing, and Fobos-Grunt never left low Earth orbit.

Launched missionTargetReference
Phobos 1Phobos
Phobos 2Phobos
Fobos-GruntPhobos

Missions sent to the Martian system have returned data on Phobos and Deimos and missions specifically dedicated to the moons are a subset of missions Mars that often include dedicated goals to acquire data about these moons. An example of this is the imaging campaigns by Mars Express of the Mars moons.

Osiris-Rex 2 was a proposal to make OR a double mission, with the other one collecting samples from the two Mars moons.[61] In 2012, it was stated that this mission would be the both quickest and least expensive way to get samples from the Moons.[62]

The 'Red Rocks Project', a part of Lockheed Martin's "Stepping stones to Mars" program, proposed to explore Mars robotically from Deimos.[63][64]

See also

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