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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.
No communications received after release from Mars Express. Orbital images of landing site suggest a successful landing, but two solar panels failed to deploy, obstructing its communications. 35 Spirit: Spirit (MER-A) 10 June 2003: NASA United States: Rover Successful Landed on 4 January 2004. Operated for 2208 sols [20] Delta II 7925: 36 ...
There have also been studies for a possible human mission to Mars including a landing, but none have been attempted. As of 2023, the Soviet Union, United States and China have conducted Mars landings successfully. [1] Soviet Mars 3, which landed in 1971, was the first successful Mars landing, though the spacecraft failed after 110 seconds on ...
Successful soft landing. Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter USA: 18 February 2021 Mars rover and helicopter. Successful soft landing in Jezero Crater. Helicopter deployed from rover on 3 April 2021. Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover: China: 14 May 2021
The event marked NASA's ninth attempt to land at Mars since the 1976 Viking probes, according to experts. NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey Skip to main content
Starting in 1960, the Soviet space program launched a series of probes to Mars including the first intended (but unsuccessful) flybys and hard landing , [21] and the first successful soft landing . The first successful flyby of Mars was on 14–15 July 1965, by NASA's Mariner 4. [22]
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024, the 1,354th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
The Viking 1 Orbiter was inserted into Mars orbit on June 19, 1976, [8] and trimmed to a 1,513 x 33,000 km, 24.66 h site certification orbit on June 21. Landing on Mars was planned for July 4, 1976, the United States Bicentennial, but imaging of the primary landing site showed it was too rough for a safe landing. [9]