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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.
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
Montage of planets and some moons that the two Voyager spacecraft have visited and studied. It is the only program that visited all four outer planets. A total of nine spacecraft have been launched on missions that involve visits to the outer planets; all nine missions involve encounters with Jupiter, with four spacecraft also visiting Saturn.
The lowest energy transfer to Mars is a Hohmann transfer orbit, a conjunction class mission which would involve a roughly 9-month travel time from Earth to Mars, about 500 days (16 mo) [citation needed] at Mars to wait for the transfer window to Earth, and a travel time of about 9 months to return to Earth.
"Missions to the Sun" lumps various types of mission together including telescopes in Earth orbit and probes that have orbited the Sun. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sun missions . Subcategories
As if that isn’t cool enough, you can also see 100% of Mars’ disk lit up by the sun that night—AKA the entire face of Mars will be visible. Related: How to Organize Your Weekly Schedule ...
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 ...
Chatter may slow between NASA missions and ground control as the sun moves between Earth and Mars, but the robotic explorers will keep working over the next two weeks. Sun temporarily halts ...