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  2. List of Mars landers - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Viking 1 - Wikipedia

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    The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2,307 days (over 6 1 ⁄ 4 years) or 2245 Martian solar days , the longest extraterrestrial surface mission until the record was broken by the Opportunity rover on May 19, 2010.

  4. List of missions to Mars - Wikipedia

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    First lander to impact Mars. Deployed from Mars 2, failed to land during attempt on 27 November 1971. [7] PrOP-M: Rover Failure Lost with Mars 2: First rover launched to Mars. Lost when the Mars 2 lander crashed into the surface of Mars. 16 Mars 3: Mars 3 (4M No.172) 28 May 1971 Soviet Union: Orbiter Successful

  5. Mars landing - Wikipedia

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    In 1971 the Soviet Union sent probes Mars 2 and Mars 3, each carrying a lander, as part of the Mars probe program M-71. 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 ...

  6. Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

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    Success Lunar lander. First spacecraft to do a soil analysis of any world. Returned more than 20,000 photos. [15] November 7 US: Surveyor 6: Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Moon Success Lunar lander. First spacecraft to be launched from the surface of the Moon. It lifted itself to a height of about 3 meters. [16] November 29 Australia: WRESAT: Sparta ...

  7. Mars 3 - Wikipedia

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    Mars 3 was a robotic space probe of the Soviet Mars program, launched May 28, 1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2. The probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisting of an orbiter and an attached lander .

  8. Remembering NASA's Viking 1 and the first images from Mars - AOL

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    By Eric Sandler On August 20, 1975 -- 39 years ago today -- NASA launched the first of two spacecraft as a part of their new Viking program and the images they captured back in the '70s and '80s ...

  9. Timeline of the Space Race - Wikipedia

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    First successful Mars flyby mission Mariner 4: 1965 December 15 USA First rendezvous of manned spacecraft Gemini 6A & Gemini 7: 1966 February 3 USSR First soft landing on another celestial body (the Moon) First photos from another celestial body Luna 9: 1966 March 1 USSR First hard landing on another planet (Venus) Venera 3: 1966 March 16 USA