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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. Past missions Three missions to land on Phobos have been launched; the Soviet Phobos program in the late 1980s saw the launch of Phobos 1 and Phobos 2 , while the Russian Fobos-Grunt sample return mission was ...
The oldest active spacecraft for Mars is 2001 Mars Odyssey. 2001 Mars Odyssey. Mission: Mars Odyssey was designed to map the surface of Mars and also acts as a relay for the Curiosity rover. [9] Its name is a tribute to the novel and 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Launched: 7 April 2001; Destination: Mars; Arrival: 24 October 2001 ...
Deployed by the Mars Express; lost for 11 years and imaged by NASA's MRO in 2015 [28] 2003-022C: Mars Exploration Rover-A "Spirit" NASA: 4 January 2004 – 22 March 2010 rover success became stuck in May 2009; then operating as a static science station until contact lost in March 2010 2003-027A: Mars Exploration Rover-B "Opportunity" NASA
After a near-perfect flight traveling 3,600 miles (5,800 km) above Earth, the spacecraft was recovered for study. NASA plans to use the Orion crew vehicle to send humans to deep space locations such as the Moon and Mars starting in the 2020s.
The orbiter reached Mars orbit on September 24, 2014. Through this mission, ISRO became the first space agency to succeed in its first attempt at a Mars orbiter. The mission is the first successful Asian interplanetary mission. [6] Ten days after ISRO's launch, NASA launched their seventh Mars orbiter MAVEN to study the Martian atmosphere.
A simulated “alien” signal sent by a Nasa orbiter circling Mars has finally been cracked after months by a father-daughter duo, revealing the cosmic coded message.. Nasa collaborated with SETI ...
The mission would have used a Jupiter gravity assist [61] and a Uranus flyby to reach and explore Kuiper belt objects. [62] 17 OKEANOS: Oversize Kite-craft for Exploration and Astronautics in the Outer Solar system: 2026 H-IIA or H3 [63] JAXA: Flyby Cancelled Cancelled after being superseded by LiteBIRD in a vote.
The spacecraft transmitted a “tone one,” indicating all systems were healthy and operating normally after the spacecraft's close approach to the Sun. 9 February Emirates Mars Mission: Mars orbit insertion Probe achieved an initial orbit around Mars of 1,000 x 49,380 km. It will spend several months modifying its orbit to 20,000 x 43,000 km ...