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The following table is a list of successful and unsuccessful Mars landers. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars.
The Mars 2 lander failed to land and impacted Mars. The Mars 3 lander became the first probe to successfully soft-land on Mars, but its data-gathering had less success. The lander began transmitting to the Mars 3 orbiter 90 seconds after landing, but after 14.5 seconds, transmission ceased for unknown reasons.
Mars 1962A was a Mars flyby mission, launched on October 24, 1962, and Mars 1962B an intended first Mars lander mission, launched in late December of the same year (1962). Both failed from either breaking up as they were going into Earth orbit or having the upper stage explode in orbit during the burn to put the spacecraft into trans-Mars ...
This image released by NASA on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, shows NASA’s InSight lander on Mars. The lander’s power levels have been dwindling for months because of all the dust coating its solar ...
Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander – October 2001 – Mars lander (refurbished, became Phoenix lander) Kitty Hawk – Mars airplane micromission, proposed for 17 December 2003, the centennial of the Wright brothers' first flight. [97] Its funding was eventually given to the 2003 Mars Network project. [98] NetLander – 2007 or 2009 – Mars netlanders
The Mars 2 was an uncrewed space probe of the Mars program, a series of uncrewed Mars landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union beginning 19 May 1971.. The Mars 2 and Mars 3 missions consisted of identical spacecraft, each with an orbiter and an attached lander.
The vessel will eventually make the trip to Mars carrying four astronauts, but it won't be alone. ... Along with a sleek Mars lander concept capable of carrying astronauts to the planet's surface ...
The lander, carrying the rover, performed a soft landing on Mars on 14 May 2021, [3] making China the third country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on Mars and the second one to deploy a rover on Mars, after the United States. [4] [N 1] Zhurong was deployed on 22 May 2021, 02:40 UTC. [6]