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The missions were to be launched on the failed N1 rocket. [91] Mars 5M (Mars-79) – double-launching Soviet sample return mission planned to 1979 but cancelled due to complexity and technical problems; Voyager-Mars – USA, 1970s – Two orbiters and two landers, launched by a single Saturn V rocket.
This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list includes all upcoming rockets.
A Saturn V rocket, one of the most powerful operational launch vehicles to date. This article compares different orbital launcher families (launchers which are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have separate entries).
Artist's rendition of Mars Express as seen by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Image of Mars Express in orbit at Mars. 2001 Mars Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001 on a Delta II rocket and currently holds the record for the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth at 23 years, 2 months and 4 days.
Mars Polar Lander, launched January 1999, failed; Deep Space 2, launched January 1999, failed – (sub-surface probes) 2001 Mars Odyssey, launched April 2001, operational; Mars Exploration Rovers; Spirit rover, launched June 2003, completed; Opportunity rover, launched June 2003, completed; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched August 2005 ...
SpaceX is able to offer cheap and quick turnaround launches at about $67 million a flight, which is about $1,500 per pound of payload. By comparison, the Space Shuttle cost about $25,000 per pound ...
Mars 1962A was a Mars flyby mission, launched on October 24, 1962, and Mars 1962B an intended first Mars lander mission, launched in late December of the same year (1962). Both failed from either breaking up as they were going into Earth orbit or having the upper stage explode in orbit during the burn to put the spacecraft into trans-Mars ...
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program.Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971, [2] [3] from LC-36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and reached the planet on November 14 of the same year, [2] [3] becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet ...