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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 mission's scientific objective was to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars. The mission was part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, which includes three previous successful landers: the two Viking program landers in 1976; and Mars Pathfinder probe in 1997. [citation needed]
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They proposed dividing the history of Mars into three eras: the Phyllocian, Theiikian and Siderikan. [17] [18] The Phyllocian (named after phyllosilicate or clay minerals that characterize the era) lasted from the formation of the planet until around the Early Noachian (about 4.0 Gya).
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.
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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 ...
Such geographic atlases (in this case: areographic) do not focus on one theme, but landforms made by all physical geologic processes are visually presented in equal emphasis. The Mars 36 Atlas follows the official MC quadrangle scheme; [1] subsequent editions show map pages centered on geographic features.