List of missions to Mars

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This is a list of spacecraft missions (including unsuccessful ones) to the planet Mars, such as orbiters, landers, and rovers. Mission time is often measured in Mars sols, solar days on Mars.

## Contents

* 1 Missions
* 2 Landing locations
* 2.1 Timeline
* 3 Missions to the moons of Mars
* 4 Statistics
* 4.1 Summary
* 4.2 Mission milestone by country
* 4.3 Missions by organization/company
* 5 Future missions
* 5.1 Under development
* 5.2 Proposed missions
* 6 Unrealized concepts
* 6.1 1970s
* 6.2 1990s
* 6.3 2000s
* 6.4 2010s–2020s
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References

## Missions

Mission Type Legend

Mission to Mars

Gravity assist, destination elsewhere

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Mission  | Launch date  | Operator  | Carrier rocket[1] | Spacecraft  | Mission type[2] | Outcome

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1  | 1M No.1 | 10 October 1960  |  OKB-1  | Molniya | 1M No.1  | Flyby  | Launch failure
Failed to achieve Earth orbit.
2  | 1M No.2 | 14 October 1960  |  OKB-1  | Molniya | 1M No.2  | Flyby  | Launch failure
Failed to achieve Earth orbit.
3  | 2MV-4 No.1 | 24 October 1962  |  Soviet Union | Molniya | 2MV-4 No.1  | Flyby  | Launch failure
Booster stage ("Block L") disintegrated in LEO.
4  | Mars 1 | 1 November 1962  |  Soviet Union | Molniya | 2MV-4 No.2  | Flyby  | Spacecraft failure
Communications lost before first flyby.
5  | 2MV-3 No.1 | 4 November 1962  |  Soviet Union | Molniya | 2MV-3 No.1  | Lander  | Launch failure
Never left Low Earth orbit.
6  | Mariner 3 | 5 November 1964  |  NASA | Atlas LV-3 Agena-D | Mariner 3  | Flyby  | Launch failure
Payload fairing failed to separate.
7  | Mariner 4 | 28 November 1964  |  NASA | Atlas LV-3 Agena-D | Mariner 4  | Flyby  | Success
First successful flyby of Mars on 15 July 1965.
8  | Zond 2 | 30 November 1964  |  Soviet Union | Molniya | 3MV-4A No.2  | Flyby  | Spacecraft failure
Communications lost before flyby.
9  | Mariner 6 | 25 February 1969  |  NASA | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D | Mariner 6  | Flyby  | Success
Part of a dual mission to Mars along with Mariner 7.[3]
10  | 2M No.521 | 27 March 1969  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 1969A[4] | Orbiter  | Launch failure
Failed to achieve Earth orbit.
11  | Mariner 7 | 27 March 1969  |  NASA | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D | Mariner 7  | Flyby  | Success
Part of a dual mission to Mars along with Mariner 6. Closest approach to Mars was five days after Mariner 6.[5]
12  | 2M No.522 | 2 April 1969  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 1969B[4] | Orbiter  | Launch failure
Failed to achieve Earth orbit.
13  | Mariner 8 | 9 May 1971  |  NASA | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D | Mariner 8  | Orbiter  | Launch failure
Failed to achieve Earth orbit.
14  | Kosmos 419 | 10 May 1971  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 3MS No.170  | Orbiter  | Launch failure
Never left Low Earth orbit; booster stage burn timer set incorrectly.
15  | Mars 2 | 19 May 1971  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 4M No.171  | Orbiter  | Success
SA 4M No.171  | Lander  | Spacecraft failure
PrOP-M | Rover  | Precluded
On November 27, the Mars 2 Orbiter became in short sequence the second spacecraft to orbit another planet.[6] The lander became the first human-made object to impact Mars. Deployed from Mars 2, failed to land during attempt on 27 November 1971.[7] Operated for 362 orbits[8] PrOP-M was the first rover launched to Mars. Lost when the Mars 2 lander crashed into the surface of Mars.
16  | Mars 3 | 28 May 1971  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 4M No.172  | Orbiter  | Success
SA 4M No.172  | Lander  | Partial failure[9][10]
PrOP-M | Rover  | Precluded
On December 2, it became in short sequence the third spacecraft to orbit another planet.[6] Operated for 20 orbits.[11][12] Mars 3 Lander was the first lander to make a soft landing on Mars on 2 December 1971. First partial image (70 lines) transmitted showing "gray background with no details".[11] Contact lost 20 seconds after transmission started, 110 seconds after landing.[13][14] PrOP-M was the first rover to make a soft landing on another planet. 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) rover connected to the Mars 3 lander by a tether. Deployment status unknown due to loss of communications with the Mars 3 lander.[13]
17  | Mariner 9 | 30 May 1971  |  NASA | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D | Mariner 9  | Orbiter  | Success
First spacecraft to orbit another planet, two weeks ahead of Mars 2 on November 14.[6] Deactivated 516 days after entering orbit.[15]
18  | Mars 4 | 21 July 1973  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 3MS No.52S  | Orbiter  | Partial failure
Failed to perform orbital insertion burn. Returned photographs of Mars during flyby.[16]
19  | Mars 5 | 25 July 1973  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 3MS No.52S  | Orbiter  | Success
Contact lost after 9 days in Mars orbit. Returned 180 frames.
20  | Mars 6 | 5 August 1973  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 3MS No.50P  | Orbiter  | Success
Mars 6 lander  | Lander  | Spacecraft failure
Flyby bus collected data.[17] Contact lost upon landing, atmospheric data mostly unusable.
21  | Mars 7 | 9 August 1973  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D | 3MP No.51P  | Flyby  | Success
Mars 7 lander  | Lander  | Spacecraft failure
Flyby bus collected data. Lander separated from coast stage prematurely, failed to enter Martian atmosphere.{{citation needed|date=March 2026} |-  | 22  | Viking 1 | 20 August 1975  |  NASA | Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T  | Viking 1 orbiter  | Orbiter  | Success
Viking 1 lander  | Lander  | Success
Entered Mars orbit on 19 June 1976 and operated until 1385 orbits. Viking 1 lander was the First successful Mars lander. Deployed from Viking 1 orbiter. Landed on Mars on 20 July 1976. Operated for 2245 sols.{{citation needed|date=March 2026} |-  | 23  | Viking 2 | 9 September 1975  |  NASA | Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T  | Viking 2 orbiter  | Orbiter  | Success
Viking 2 lander  | Lander  | Success
Operated for 700 orbits. Entered Mars orbit on 7 August 1976. Viking 2 lander was deployed from Viking 2 orbiter. Landed on Mars in September 1976. Operated for 1281 sols (11 April 1980).{{citation needed|date=March 2026} |- id="1980"  | 24  | Phobos 1 | 7 July 1988  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D-2  | 1F No.101  | Orbiter  | Spacecraft failure
DAS  | Lander (Phobos)  | Precluded
Communications lost before reaching Mars; failed to enter orbit. Phobos lander was to have been deployed by the spacecraft.
25  | Phobos 2 | 12 July 1988  |  Soviet Union | Proton-K / D-2  | 1F No.102  | Orbiter  | Mostly successful
DAS  | Lander (Phobos)  | Precluded
Prop-F  | Rover (Phobos)  | Precluded
Orbital observations successful, communications lost before lander and rover deployment.
26  | Mars Observer | 25 September 1992  |  NASA | Commercial Titan III  | Mars Observer | Orbiter  | Spacecraft failure
Lost communications before orbital insertion.
27  | Mars Global Surveyor | 7 November 1996  |  NASA | Delta II 7925 | Mars Global Surveyor | Orbiter  | Success
Operated for ten years.
28  | Mars 96 | 16 November 1996  |  Roscosmos | Proton-K / D-2  | M1 No.520(Mars-8)[4] | Orbiter  | Launch failure
Mars 96 lander (A)  | Lander  | Precluded
Mars 96 lander (B)  | Lander  | Precluded
Mars 96 penetrator (A)  | Penetrator  | Precluded
Mars 96 penetrator (B)  | Penetrator  | Precluded
Never left Low Earth orbit. Two small landers and penetrators were to have been deployed by the Mars 96 orbiter.[18]
29  | Mars Pathfinder | 4 December 1996  |  NASA | Delta II 7925 | Mars Pathfinder | Orbiter  | Success
Sojourner | Rover  | Success
Landed at 19.13°N 33.22°W on 4 July 1997,[19] last contact on 27 September 1997.[20] Sojourner was the first rover to operate on another planet. Operated for 84 days[21]
30  | Nozomi | 3 July 1998  |  ISAS | M-V | PLANET-B | Orbiter  | Spacecraft failure
Performed a Mars flyby. Later contact lost due to loss of fuel. However provided crucial information about the deep space environment.[22]
31  | Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter | 11 December 1998  |  NASA | Delta II 7425 | Mars Climate Orbiter | Orbiter  | Spacecraft failure
Approached Mars too closely during orbit insertion attempt due to a software interface bug involving different units for impulse and either burned up in the atmosphere or entered solar orbit.
32  | Mars Surveyor '98 Lander | 3 January 1999  |  NASA | Delta II 7425 | Mars Polar Lander | Lander  | Spacecraft failure
Deep Space 2 (A)  | Penetrator  | Spacecraft failure
Deep Space 2 (B)  | Penetrator  | Spacecraft failure
Failed to function after landing. No data transmitted from Deep Space 2 after deployment from MPL.
33  | 2001 Mars Odyssey | 7 April 2001  |  NASA | Delta II 7925 | Mars Odyssey  | Orbiter  | Operational
Was expected to remain operational until 2025. Operational as of Template:Today.[23]
34  | Mars Express | 2 June 2003  | 23px ESA
| Soyuz-FG / Fregat | Mars Express Orbiter | Orbiter  | Operational
Beagle 2 | Lander  | Spacecraft failure
Enough fuel to remain operational until 2035. No communications received after release from Mars Express. Orbital images of landing site suggest a successful landing, but two solar panels failed to deploy, obstructing its communications.{{citation needed|date=March 2026} |-  | 35  | Spirit | 10 June 2003  |  NASA | Delta II 7925 | Spirit (MER-A) | Rover  | Success
Landed on 4 January 2004. Operated for 2208 sols.
36  | Opportunity | 8 July 2003  |  NASA | Delta II 7925H | Opportunity (MER-B) | Rover  | Success
Landed on 25 January 2004. Operated for 5351 sols.
–  | Cornerstone 9  | 2 March 2004  | 23px ESA
| Ariane 5G+ | Rosetta | Flyby (Gravity assist) | Success
Philae | Flyby (Gravity assist) | Success
Flyby in February 2007 en route to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[24]
37  | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | 12 August 2005  |  NASA | Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter  | Orbiter  | Operational
Entered orbit on 10 March 2006.
38  | Phoenix | 4 August 2007  |  NASA | Delta II 7925 | Phoenix | Lander  | Success
Landed on 25 May 2008. End of mission 2 November 2008.
–  | Dawn | 27 September 2007  |  NASA | Delta II 7925H | Dawn | Flyby (Gravity assist) | Success
Flyby in February 2009 en route to 4 Vesta and Ceres.
39  | China-Russia joint Mars mission  | 8 November 2011  |  Roscosmos | Zenit-2M | Fobos-Grunt | Sample return (Phobos)  | Launch failure
CNSA | Yinghuo-1 | Orbiter  | Precluded
Never left Low Earth orbit (intended to depart under own power). Yinghuo-1 was to have been deployed by Fobos-Grunt.
40  | Mars Science Laboratory | 26 November 2011  |  NASA | Atlas V 541 | Curiosity | Rover  | Operational
Landed on 6 August 2012.
41  | Mars Orbiter Mission | 5 November 2013  |  ISRO | PSLV-XL  | MOM | Orbiter  | Success
Entered orbit on 24 September 2014. Mission extended to 2022, where the mission concluded on September 27, 2022, after contact was lost.[25]
42  | MAVEN | 18 November 2013  |  NASA | Atlas V 401 | MAVEN | Orbiter  | Operational
Orbit insertion on 22 September 2014[26] Contact lost on 6 December 2025.
43  | ExoMars | 14 March 2016  |  Roscosmos / 23px ESA | Proton-M / Briz-M  | Trace Gas Orbiter | Orbiter  | Operational
23px ESA  | Schiaparelli EDM | Lander  | Spacecraft failure
Entered orbit on 19 October 2016. Schiaparelli EDM lander was Carried by the Orbiter. Although the lander crashed,[27][28] engineering data on the first five minutes of entry was successfully retrieved.[29][30]
44  | Discovery 12  | 5 May 2018  |  NASA | Atlas V 401  | InSight | Lander  | Success
MarCO-A | Flyby  | Success
MarCO-B  | Flyby  | Success
InSight landed on 26 November 2018. Last contact 15 December 2022. MarCO A and B relay cubesats which were used to test communications, flewby Mars on 26 November 2018 with last contact contact on 4 January 2019.[31][32][33]
45  | Emirates Mars Mission | 19 July 2020  |  MBRSC  | H-IIA | Hope | Orbiter  | Operational
Entered orbit on 9 February 2021.[34][35][36][37]
46  | Tianwen-1 | 23 July 2020  |  CNSA | Long March 5 | Tianwen-1 orbiter  | Orbiter  | Operational
Tianwen-1 lander  | Lander  | Success
Zhurong | Rover  | Success
Tianwen-1 Remote Camera  | Camera  | Success
Tianwen-1 Deployable Camera 2  | Camera  | Success
Entered orbit on 10 February 2021.[38][39] Tianwen-1 lander landed on 14 May 2021 and deployed Zhurong rover. Rover became inactive on 20 May 2022.[40] Remote Camera was deployed by the Tianwen-1 lander on 22 May 2021.[41] Deployable Camera 2 entered orbit on 10 February 2021, deployed 31 December 2021.[42]
47  | Mars 2020 | 30 July 2020  |  NASA | Atlas V 541  | Perseverance | Rover  | Operational
Ingenuity | Helicopter  | Success
Landed on 18 February 2021.[43][44] Ingenuity took the first aerodynamic flight on another planet. Landed with Perseverance rover on 18 February 2021.[45] Deployed from rover on 3 April 2021. First flight achieved on 3 April 2021.[46] Retired on 25 January 2024 due to sustained rotor blade damage.
–  | Discovery 14  | 13 October 2023  |  NASA | Falcon Heavy | Psyche | Flyby (Gravity assist) | Success
Gravity assist en route to 16 Psyche in May 2026[47]
–  | S2P | 7 October 2024  | 23px ESA  | Falcon 9 | Hera | Flyby (Gravity assist) | Success
Flyby in March 2025 en route to 65803 Didymos.[48]
–  | Europa Clipper | 14 October 2024  |  NASA | Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper | Flyby (Gravity assist) | Success
Flyby in March 2025 en route to Jupiter and Europa.[49]
48  | ESCAPADE | 13 November 2025  |  NASA / UC Berkeley | New Glenn | ESCAPADE Blue | Orbiter  | Enroute
ESCAPADE Gold | Orbiter  | Enroute
Twin spacecraft; Mars orbit insertion expected in September 2027.[50]

## Landing locations

Mars landing sites (16 December 2020)

There are a number of derelict spacecraft orbiting Mars whose location is not known precisely. There is a proposal to use the Optical Navigation Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to search for small moons, dust rings and old orbiters.[51] As of 2016, there were believed to be eight derelict spacecraft in orbit around Mars (barring unforeseen event).[52] The Viking 1 orbiter was not expected to decay until at least 2019.[53] Mariner 9, which entered Mars orbit in 1971, was expected to remain in orbit until approximately 2022, when it was projected to enter the Martian atmosphere and either burn up, or crash into the planet's surface.[54]

See also: Astronomy:List of Mars orbiters

### Timeline

Template:Timeline of Mars landers and rovers

## Missions to the moons of Mars

Phobos' Stickney Crater Deimos (lower left) and Phobos (lower right) compared with the asteroid 951 Gaspra Phobos by Mars Global Surveyor in 1998[55]

There have also been proposed missions dedicated to explore the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. 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.

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 launched in 2011. None of these missions were successful: Phobos 1 failed en route to Mars, Phobos 2 failed shortly before landing, and Fobos-Grunt never left low Earth orbit.

Mission  | Target  | Outcome  | Reference

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Phobos 1 | Phobos |  Spacecraft failure |
Phobos 2 | Phobos |  Spacecraft failure |
Fobos-Grunt | Phobos | Launch failure |

Planned missions

In Japan, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) is developing a sample return mission to Phobos.[56][57] This mission is called Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)[58] and is a flagship Strategic Large Mission.[59] MMX will build on the expertise the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would gain through the Hayabusa2 and SLIM missions.[60] As of December 2023, MMX is scheduled to launch in 2026.[61]

Planned mission | Target | Reference

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Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) | Phobos and Deimos | [58]

Past proposals

There have been at least three proposals in NASA's Discovery Program, including PADME, PANDORA, and MERLIN.[62] The ESA has also considered a sample return mission, like Martian Moon Sample Return (MMSR).[63]

Osiris-Rex 2 was a proposal to make OR a double mission, with the other one collecting samples from the two Mars moons.[64] In 2012, it was considered the quickest and least expensive way to get samples from the moons.[65]

The "Red Rocks Project", a part of Lockheed Martin's "Stepping Stones to Mars" program, proposed to explore Mars robotically from Deimos.[66][67]

Proposal | Target | Reference

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Aladdin | Phobos and Deimos | [68]
DePhine | Phobos and Deimos | [69]
DSR | Deimos | [70]
Gulliver | Deimos | [71]
Hall | Phobos and Deimos | [72]
M-PADS | Phobos and Deimos | [73]
Merlin | Phobos and Deimos | [74]
MMSR | Phobos or Deimos | [63]
OSIRIS-REx 2 | Phobos or Deimos | [65]
Pandora | Phobos and Deimos | [62]
PCROSS | Phobos | [75]
Phobos Surveyor | Phobos | [76]
PRIME | Phobos | [77]
Fobos-Grunt 2 | Phobos | [78]
Phootprint | Phobos | [79][80]
PADME | Phobos and Deimos | [81][82]

## Statistics

### Summary

NASA missions to Mars (as of 2021): Perseverance rover/Ingenuity Mars Helicopter; InSight lander; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; Mars Odyssey orbiter; Curiosity rover; MAVEN orbiter Launches to Mars  Decade  |

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### Mission milestone by country

Legend

Achieved
Failed attempt
† First to achieve

Mars missions  Country/Agency  | Flyby  | Orbit  | Impact  | Lander  | Rover  | Drone  | Sample return  | Crewed Landing

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United States | Mariner 4, 1965 †  | Mariner 9, 1971 †  | Mars Polar Lander, 1999 | Viking 1, 1976 | Sojourner, 1997 †  | Ingenuity, 2021 †  | —  | —
China  | Tianwen-1, 2021 | Tianwen-1, 2021  | —  | Tianwen-1, 2021  | Zhurong, 2021 | —  | —  | —
Soviet Union | Mars 2, 1971 | Mars 2, 1971  | Mars 2 Lander, 1971 †  | Mars 3, 1971 †  | PrOP-M, 1971 | —  | —  | —
23px ESA  | Mars Express, 2003 | Mars Express, 2003  | Schiaparelli EDM, 2016 | Schiaparelli EDM, 2016  | —  | —  | —  | —
United Kingdom  | Beagle 2, 2003 | —  | Beagle 2, 2003  | Beagle 2, 2003[lower-alpha 1] | —  | —  | —  | —
India | MOM, 2014 | MOM, 2014  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Russia  | TGO, 2016  | TGO, 2016  | Mars 96, 1996 | Mars 96, 1996  | —  | —  | —  | —
UAE | Hope, 2021 | Hope, 2021  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Japan | Nozomi, 1998 | Nozomi, 1998  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Phobos missions  Country/Agency  | Impact  | Lander  | Rover  | Sample return

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Soviet Union | Phobos 1, 1988 | Phobos 1, 1988  | Phobos 1, 1988  | —
Russia  | Fobos-Grunt, 2011 | Fobos-Grunt, 2011  | —  | Fobos-Grunt, 2011

### Missions by organization/company

Country  | Agency or company | Successful  | Partial failure  | Failure  | Operational  | Gravity assist | Total

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United States  | NASA | 13  | \-  | 5  | 5  | 1  | 24
Soviet Union | Energia | 1  | 6  | 10  | \-  | \-  | 17
Russia  | Roscosmos | \-  | 1  | 2  | \-  | \-  | 3

23 member states

* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

| ESA | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | 1  | 3
China  | CNSA | 1  | \-  | 1  | 1  | \-  | 2
India  | ISRO | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1
United Arab Emirates | UAESA | 1  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | 1
Japan  | ISAS | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | 1
United Kingdom  | NSC | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | 1

## Future missions

### Under development

Name  | Proposed
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Martian Moons eXploration and Idefix rover  | 2026  | Phobos sample return mission  | under development  | [61]
Tianwen-3 | 2028  | Mars sample return mission  | under development  | [83]
23px Rosalind Franklin | 2028  | Rover  | under development  |
Mars Lander Mission | 2031  | Orbiter, lander, rover, aircraft  | under development  | [84]

### Proposed missions

Mission  | Organisation  | Proposed
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Mars Telecommunications Orbiter |  NASA  | TBA  | Orbiter
Space Reactor‑1 Freedom / Skyfall  |  NASA  | NET 2028  | The "first nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft" and several Ingenuity-class helicopters[85]
TEREX |  NICT | Mid 2020s  | Orbiter[86]
Fobos-Grunt 2 and Mars-Grunt |  Roscosmos | 2030s[87] | Orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle, sample-return
M-MATISSE  | 23px ESA  | 2037[88] | Two orbiters[89]

## Unrealized concepts

### 1970s

* Mars 4NM and Mars 5NM – projects intended by the Soviet Union for heavy Marsokhod (in 1973 according to initial plan of 1970) and Mars sample return (planned for 1975). The missions were to be launched on the failed N1 rocket.[90]
* 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.

### 1990s

* Vesta – the multiaimed Soviet mission, developed in cooperation with European countries for realisation in 1991–1994 but canceled due to the Soviet Union disbanding, included the flyby of Mars with delivering the aerostat and small landers or penetrators followed by flybys of 1 Ceres or 4 Vesta and some other asteroids with impact of penetrator on the one of them.
* Mars Aerostat – Russian/French balloon part for cancelled Vesta mission and then for failed Mars 96 mission,[91] originally planned for the 1992 launch window, postponed to 1994 and then to 1996 before being cancelled.[92]
* Mars Together, combined U.S. and Russian mission study in the 1990s. To be launched by a Molniya with possible U.S. orbiter or lander.[93][94]
* Mars Environmental Survey – set of 16 landers planned for 1999–2009
* Mars-98 – Russian mission including an orbiter, lander, and rover, planned for 1998 launch opportunity as repeat of failed Mars 96 mission; cancelled due to lack of funding.[95]

### 2000s

* Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander – 2001 lander (refurbished, became Phoenix lander)
* Kitty Hawk – Mars airplane micromission, proposed in 2003, the centennial of the Wright brothers' first flight.[96] Its funding was eventually given to the 2003 Mars Network project.[97]
* NetLander – 2007 Mars landers
* Beagle 3 – 2009 British lander mission meant to search for life, past or present
* Mars Telecommunications Orbiter – 2009 orbiter for telecommunications

### 2010s–2020s

* Mars One – announced in 2012, planned to land a demo lander on Mars by 2016, with a crewed landing to follow by 2023. These dates were delayed multiple times, and the project was eventually cancelled, with the company going bankrupt in 2019
* Sky-Sailor – 2014 – Plane developed by Switzerland to take detailed pictures of Mars surface
* Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher – 2018 rover concept, cancelled due to budget cuts in 2011. Sample cache goal later moved to Mars 2020 rover.[98]
* Red Dragon – Derivative of a Dragon 2 capsule by SpaceX, designed to land by aerobraking and retropropulsion. Planned for 2018, then 2020. Canceled in favor of the Starship system.
* Tumbleweed rover, wind-propelled sphere[99]
* MELOS, Japanese rover and aircraft concept
* Icebreaker Life, astrobiology lander concept
* Next Mars Orbiter, orbiter, communication satellite[100]
* Mars MetNet, atmospheric probes concept
* Mars Geyser Hopper, lander, mission to Mars geysers
* Mars Micro Orbiter, small satellites as part of SIMPLEx program
* Biological Oxidant and Life Detection, impactor
* SatRevolution, nanosatellite
* NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return[101]
* Commercial Mission to Mars by Relativity Space and Impulse Space in 2026[102]
* International Mars Ice Mapper Mission by NASA[103] Canadian Space Agency, Italian Space Agency and JAXA, proposed for 2030s[104] NASA withdraw from the project, and the program was effectively cancelled
* Mars Life Explorer by NASA, 2030s[105][106][107] not selected
* MAGGIE aircraft, not selected

## See also

* Exploration of Mars
* Mars flyby
* Satellites of Mars
* Mars landing
* Mars rover
* List of artificial objects on Mars
* Comparison of embedded computer systems on board the Mars rovers
* Human mission to Mars
* Timeline of Solar System exploration
* List of artificial objects on extraterrestrial surfaces
* List of missions to Venus
* List of missions to the Moon
* List of missions to minor planets
* List of missions to the outer planets
* List of missions to comets

## Notes

1. ↑ While Beagle 2 had landed intact, it failed to establish communication.

## References

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2. ↑ Chronology of Mars Exploration. NASA. Retrieved on 1 December 2011.
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4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 (in en) Chronology of Mars Missions. doi:10.13140/rg.2.2.29797.65768. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328715311.
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Advocacy|

* The Mars Project
* The Case for Mars
* Inspiration Mars
* Mars Institute
* Mars Society
* Mars race

Lists|

* List of missions to Mars
* List of Mars orbiters
* List of artificial objects on Mars

Missions are ordered by launch date. Sign † indicates failure en route or before intended mission data returned.

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Mars

Outline of Mars

Geography|

| Atmosphere|

* Circulation
* Climate
* Dust devil tracks
* Methane

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Regions|

* Arabia Terra
* Cerberus (Mars)
* Cydonia
* Eridania Lake
* Iani Chaos
* Olympia Undae
* Planum Australe
* Planum Boreum
* Quadrangles
* Sinus Meridiani
* Tempe Terra
* Terra Cimmeria
* Terra Sabaea
* Tharsis
* Undae
* Ultimi Scopuli
* Vastitas Borealis

Physical
features|

* "Canals" (list)
* Canyons
* Catenae
* Chaos terrain
* Craters
* Fossae
* Gullies
* Mensae
* Labyrinthi
* Mountains
* by height
* Observed rocks
* Outflow channels
* Plains
* Valley network
* Valleys
* Gravity

Geology|

* Brain terrain
* Carbonates
* Chaos terrain
* Color
* Composition
* Concentric crater fill
* Dark slope streak
* Dichotomy
* Fretted terrain
* Geysers
* Glaciers
* Groundwater
* Gullies
* Lakes
* Lava tubes
* Lobate debris apron
* Marsquake
* Meteorites
* on Earth
* on Mars
* Mud cracks
* North Polar Basin
* Ocean hypothesis
* Ore resources
* Polar caps
* Recurring slope lineae (RSL)
* Ring mold craters
* Rootless cones
* Seasonal flows
* Soil
* Spherules
* Surface
* "Swiss cheese" feature
* Terrain softening
* Tharsis bulge
* Volcanology
* Water
* Yardangs

History|

* Amazonian
* Hesperian
* Noachian
* Observation history
* Classical albedo features

Astronomy|

| Moons|

* Phobos
* Stickney crater
* Monolith
* Deimos
* Swift crater
* Voltaire crater

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Transits|

* Solar eclipses on Mars
* Satellite transits
* Phobos
* Deimos
* Planetary transits
* Earth
* Mercury

Asteroids|

* Mars-crossers
* 2007 WD5
* Trojans
* 5261 Eureka
* 1998 VF31
* 1999 UJ7
* 2007 NS2

Comets|

* C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) (Mars close approach, 19 Oct 2014)

Exploration|

| Concepts|

* Flyby
* Orbiter
* Landing
* Rover
* Sample return
* Human mission
* Permanent settlement
* Colonization
* Terraforming

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Missions|

* List of missions to Mars

Advocacy|

* The Mars Project
* The Case for Mars
* Inspiration Mars Foundation
* Mars Institute
* Mars Society
* Mars race

Related|

* Artificial objects on Mars
* Memorials on Mars
* Fiction
* List of films set on Mars
* Martian
* Martian scientist
* Mythology
* Phobos and Deimos in fiction
* Flag of Mars
* Life on Mars
* Sub-Earth
* Timekeeping on Mars
* Darian calendar

* Book
* Category

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