List of missions to Mars

Mars and its moons have been a target for many spacecraft, with flyby, orbiter, lander and rover missions visiting the planet.[1][2] In addition, two spacecraft, Rosetta and Dawn, have made flybys to get gravity assists for other missions; the former en route to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, and the latter en route to asteroid 4 Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres. Three missions were dedicated to Phobos, but they did not achieve their goals.

Missions

Spacecraft Launch date[1] Operator Mission[1] Outcome[1] Remarks Carrier rocket[2]
1M No.1 10 October 1960 OKB-1
Soviet Union		 Flyby 0Launch failure Failed to orbit Molniya
1M No.2 14 October 1960 OKB-1
Soviet Union		 Flyby 0Launch failure Failed to orbit Molniya
2MV-4 No.1 24 October 1962 Soviet Union Flyby 0Launch failure Booster stage ("Block L") disintegrated in LEO Molniya
Mars 1
(2MV-4 No.2)		 1 November 1962 Soviet Union Flyby 1Spacecraft failure Communications lost before flyby Molniya
2MV-3 No.1 4 November 1962 Soviet Union Lander 0Launch failure Never left LEO Molniya
Mariner 3 5 November 1964 NASA
United States		 Flyby 0Launch failure Payload fairing failed to separate Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Mariner 4 28 November 1964 NASA
United States		 Flyby 4Successful 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 1Spacecraft failure Communications lost before flyby Molniya
Mariner 6 25 February 1969 NASA
United States		 Flyby 4Successful Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
2M No.521 27 March 19691 Soviet Union Orbiter 0Launch failure Failed to orbit Proton-K/D
Mariner 7 27 March 19692 NASA
United States		 Flyby 4Successful Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
2M No.522 2 April 1969 Soviet Union Orbiter 0Launch failure Failed to orbit Proton-K/D
Mariner 8 9 May 19712 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 0Launch failure Failed to orbit Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Kosmos 419
(3MS No.170)		 10 May 1971 Soviet Union Orbiter 0Launch failure Never left LEO; booster stage burn timer set incorrectly Proton-K/D
Mariner 9 30 May 1971 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 4Successful[3] Entered orbit on 14 November 1971, deactivated 516 days after entering orbit Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Mars 2
(4M No.171)		 19 May 1971 Soviet Union Orbiter 3Mostly successful Entered orbit 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 1Spacecraft 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 3Mostly successful Entered orbit 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 2Partial 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 1Spacecraft failure Failed to deploy Proton-K/D
Mars 4
(3MS No.52S)		 21 July 1973 Soviet Union Orbiter 1Spacecraft failure Failed to perform orbital insertion burn Proton-K/D
Mars 5
(3MS No.53S)		 25 July 1973 Soviet Union Orbiter 2Partial 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		 1Spacecraft failure Contact lost upon landing, atmospheric data mostly unreadable. Flyby bus collected data.[7] Proton-K/D
Mars 7
(3MP No.51P)		 9 August 1973 Soviet Union Lander
Flyby		 1Spacecraft failure Separated from coast stage prematurely, failed to enter Martian atmosphere Proton-K/D
Viking 1 orbiter 20 August 1975 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 4Successful Operated for 1385 orbits Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 1 lander 20 August 1975 NASA
United States		 Lander 4Successful Deployed from Viking 1 orbiter, operated for 2245 sols Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 2 orbiter 9 September 1975 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 4Successful Operated for 700 orbits Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Viking 2 lander 9 September 1975 NASA
United States		 Lander 4Successful Deployed from Viking 2 orbiter, operated for 1281 sols Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T
Fobos 1
(1F No.101)		 7 July 1988 Soviet Union Orbiter
Phobos lander		 1Spacecraft failure Communications lost before reaching Mars; failed to enter orbit Proton-K/D-2
Fobos 2
(1F No.102)		 12 July 1988 Soviet Union Orbiter
Phobos lander		 2Partial failure Orbital observations successful, communications lost before landing Proton-K/D-2
Mars Observer 25 September 1992 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 1Spacecraft failure Lost communications before orbital insertion Commercial Titan III
Mars Global Surveyor 7 November 1996 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 4Successful Operated for seven years Delta II 7925
Mars 96
(M1 No.520)		 16 November 1996 Rosaviakosmos
Russia		 Orbiter
Penetrators		 0Launch failure Never left LEO Proton-K/D-2
Mars Pathfinder 4 December 1996 NASA
United States		 Lander 4Successful Landed at 19.13°N 33.22°W on 4 July 1997[8] Delta II 7925
Sojourner 4 December 1996 NASA
United States		 Rover 4Successful Operated for 84 days[9] Delta II 7925
Nozomi
(PLANET-B)		 3 July 1998 ISAS
Japan		 Orbiter 1Spacecraft failure Ran out of fuel before reaching Mars M-V
Mars Climate Orbiter 11 December 1998 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 1Spacecraft 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 1Spacecraft failure Failed to land Delta II 7425
Deep Space 2 3 January 1999 NASA
United States		 Penetrator 1Spacecraft failure Deployed from MPL, no data returned Delta II 7425
Mars Odyssey 7 April 2001 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 5Operational Expected to remain operational until 2025. Delta II 7925
Mars Express 2 June 2003 ESA
Europe		 Orbiter 5Operational Enough fuel to remain operational until 2026. Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Beagle 2 2 June 2003 ESA
Europe		 Lander 1Lander 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		 Lander/RoverRover 4Successful operated for 2208 sols Delta II 7925
Opportunity
(MER-B)		 8 July 2003 NASA
United States		 Lander/RoverRover 5Operational Delta II 7925H
Rosetta 2 March 2004 ESA
Europe		 Gravity assist 4Successful Flyby in February 2007 en route to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko[10] Ariane 5G+
MRO 12 August 2005 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 5Operational Atlas V 401
Phoenix 4 August 2007 NASA
United States		 Lander 4Successful Delta II 7925
Dawn 27 September 2007 NASA
United States		 Gravity assist 4Successful Flyby in February 2009 en route to 4 Vesta and Ceres Delta II 7925H
Fobos-Grunt 8 November 2011 Roskosmos
Russia		 Orbiter
Phobos sample		 1Spacecraft failure Never left LEO (intended to depart under own power) Zenit-2M
Yinghuo-1 8 November 2011 CNSA
PR China		 Orbiter 1Failure
Lost with Fobos-Grunt		 To have been deployed by Fobos-Grunt Zenit-2M
Curiosity
(Mars Science Laboratory)		 26 November 2011 NASA
United States		 Lander/RoverRover 5Operational Atlas V 541
Mars Orbiter Mission
(Mangalyaan)		 5 November 2013 ISRO
India		 Orbiter 5Operational Entered Mars orbit on 24 September 2014. Mission extended by six months.[11][12] PSLV-XL
MAVEN 18 November 2013 NASA
United States		 Orbiter 5Operational Orbit insertion on September 22, 2014[13] Atlas V 401
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter 14 March 2016 ESA/Roscosmos
Europe/Russia		 Orbiter 5Operational Proton-M/Briz-M
Schiaparelli EDM lander 14 March 2016 ESA
Europe		 Lander 1Partial failure Carried by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Lander crashed, but test declared successful.[14]<ref name'successful'>Wall, Mike (21 October 2016). "ExoMars '96 Percent' Successful Despite Lander Crash: ESA". Space.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21. </ref> Proton-M/Briz-M

Locations of selected Mars landers and rovers

Acidalia Planitia Acidalia Planitia Alba Mons Amazonis Planitia Aonia Terra Arabia Terra Arcadia Planitia Arcadia Planitia Argyre Planitia Elysium Mons Elysium Planitia Hellas Planitia Hesperia Planum Isidis Planitia Lucas Planum Lyot Crater Noachis Terra Olympus Mons Promethei Terra Rudaux Crater Solis Planum Tempe Terra Terra Cimmeria Terra Sabaea Terra Sirenum Tharsis Montes Utopia Planitia Valles Marineris Vastitas Borealis Vastitas BorealisMap of Mars
Interactive 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.
(also see 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 is 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 Mars Recon. Orbiter.[15] There should be 8 derelict Mars orbiters barring unforeseen events if they have not decayed as of 2016.[16] 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.[17] The Viking 1 orbiter is predicted not to decay until at least 2019.[18] 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 Country or Space Agency
InSight May 5, 2018 [19][20] Lander NASA
Red Dragon 2018[21] Lander SpaceX, USA
Mangalyaan 2[22] 2020 Orbiter.
Optional: lander, rover.		 Indian Space Research Organisation
Emirates Mars Mission July 2020[23][24][25] Orbiter[23]  United Arab Emirates
Mars 2020 July 2020 Rover NASA
ExoMars 2020 July 2020 [26] Lander, Rover ESA
2020 Chinese Mars Mission 2020 Orbiter, lander, rover China National Space Administration

Proposals

Mission Launch Notes Country or Space Agency
NASA 2022 orbiter 2022 Telecomm orbiter[27] NASA
2024 Crewed mission to Mars SpaceX, USA
Mars One 2026 [28] Orbiter, lander, rover, Human Colony Mars One
Mars to Stay Settlement  United States
2040-2060 Crewed phase of the Chinese Mars exploration program[29] China National Space Administration
2040-2045 Crewed phase of the Russian Mars exploration program[30] Roscosmos

Missions to the moons of Mars

Phobos' stickney crater
Deimos (lower left) and Phobos (lower right) compared with the asteroid 951 Gaspra
Phobos by Mars Global Surveyor in 1998[31]

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.[32] 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.[33]

In Japan, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) is assessing a sample return mission to Phobos.[34][35] This mission is called MMX (Martian Moons Explorer)[36] and is proposed as a flagship Strategic Large Mission.[37] If funded, MMX will build on the expertise the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) would gain through the Hayabusa 2 and SLIM missions.[38] As of January 2016, MMX is under review by JAXA, and is proposed to be launched in 2022.[35][39]

Proposal Target Reference
Aladdin Phobos and Deimos [40]
DSR Deimos [41]
Gulliver Deimos [42]
Hall Phobos and Deimos [43]
M-PADS Phobos and Deimos [44]
Merlin Phobos and Deimos [45]
MMSR (2011 ver.) Phobos or Deimos [33]
OSRIS-REx 2 Phobos or Deimos [46]
Pandora Phobos and Deimos [32]
PCROSS Phobos [47]
Phobos Surveyor Phobos [48]
PRIME Phobos [49]
Fobos-Grunt 2 Phobos [50]
Phootprint Phobos [51][52]
PADME Phobos and Deimos [53][54]
Martian Moons Explorer (MMX) Phobos [36]

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 mission Target Reference
Phobos 1 Phobos
Phobos 2 Phobos
Fobos-Grunt Phobos

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.[55] In 2012, it was stated that this mission would be the both quickest and least expensive way to get samples from the Moons.[56]

The 'Red Rocks Project', a part of Lockheed Martin's "Stepping stones to Mars" program, proposed to explore Mars robotically from Deimos.[57][58]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Russian Space Web - Mars Missions
  3. ↑ Pyle, Rod (2012). Destination Mars. Prometheus Books. pp. 73–78. ISBN 978-1-61614-589-7. It was the first spacecraft to enter orbit around another world.
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  5. ↑ Perminov, V.G. (July 1999). The Difficult Road to Mars - A Brief History of Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union (PDF). NASA Headquarters History Division. pp. 34–60. ISBN 0-16-058859-6.
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