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The human exploration of Mars has been an aspiration since the earliest days of modern rocketry; Robert H. Goddard credits the idea of reaching Mars as his own inspiration to study the physics and engineering of space flight. [144] Proposals for human exploration of Mars have been made throughout the history of space exploration. Currently ...
Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration; Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer; Mars aircraft; Mars atmospheric entry; Mars Base Camp; Mars Exploration Joint Initiative; Mars Exploration Program; Mars flyby; Mars habitability analogue environments on Earth; Mars landing; Mars orbit rendezvous; Mars race; Mars Space Flight ...
Short title: USGS, Scientific Investigations Map 3292, Description of Map Units: Image title: Geologic Map of Mars: Author: Kenneth L. Tanaka, James A. Skinner, Jr ...
Cape York is a location on Mars, on the western rim of Endeavour crater. [1] The Opportunity rover spent about two years exploring this portion of the rim in the early 2010s before moving south. [1] The CRISM instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identified clay smectites in an area of Cape York, and the rover was sent to explore this ...
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
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mars: Mars – fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System , after Mercury . Named after the Roman god of war , it is often referred to as the " Red Planet " [ 1 ] [ 2 ] because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish ...
An 1877 map of Mars by Giovanni Schiaparelli. North is at the top of this map. In most maps of Mars drawn before space exploration the convention among astronomers was to put south at the top because the telescopic image of a planet is inverted. The first detailed observations of Mars were from ground-based telescopes.