Mars Missions
You want to know which space missions went to planet Mars? Here we go: You can find all space missions to planet Mars from past to present – in one chart. You can find all Mars missions with launch date, arrival date and a short summary about the mission.
Many robotic Missions went to the Red Planet. Most of the Mars Missions sent by the USA – like the Mars Global Surveyor.
Most of the mars missions were launched by former Soviet union and the United States of America during the space race in the 1960ies. After the great success of the mars mission of the US probes Viking 1 and 2 both countries lost interest for over a decade.
Both countries wanted to send missions to mars at the end of the 1980ies again – but lost all spacecrafts close to the planet Mars.
With the success of the Mars Pathfinder and its small mars rover the interest of planet Mars got an revival. In the last 20 years more and more international missions from Europe, Japan, China and India launched with their goal to reach the red planet.
| Mission name | Country | Launch date | Arrival date | Short description |
| Unnamed | (R) | 10 October 1960 | –.–.—- | Failure. |
| Unnamed | (R) | 14 October 1960 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| Unnamed | (R) | 24 October 1962 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost in Low Earth Orbit. |
| Mars 1 | (R) | 01 November 1962 | –.–.—- | Failure. Missed planet Mars on 19 June 1963. |
| Unnamed | (R) | 04 November 1962 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| Mariner 3 | (U) | 05 November 1964 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| Mariner 4 | (U) | 28 November 1964 | 14 July 1965 | 1st Mars Flyby. 22 Photos. |
| Sond 2 | (R) | 30 November 1964 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost after 5 month in space. |
| Sond 3 | (R) | 18 July 1965 | –.–.—- | Pictures from Moon but lost during transit to Mars. |
| Mariner 6 | (U) | 24 February 1969 | 31 July 1969 | 2nd Mars Flyby. 75 Images and science data. |
| Mariner 7 | (U) | 27 March 1969 | 05 August 1969 | 3rd Mars Flyby. 126 Images and science data. |
| Unnamed | (R) | 27 March 1969 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| Unnamed | (R) | 02 April 1969 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| Mariner 8 | (U) | 08 May 1971 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| Kosmos 419 | (R) | 10 May 1971 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost in Low Earth Orbit. |
| Mars 2 | (R) | 19 May 1971 | 27 November 1971 | Failure. 1st human-made object on Mars. Lost during landing. |
| Mars 3 | (R) | 28 May 1971 | 03 December 1971 | Failure. 2nd human-made object on mars. Transmition problem. |
| Mariner 9 | (U) | 30 May 1971 | 13 November 1971 | 1st Mars orbiter. 7329 Photos of mars surface. |
| Mars 4 | (R) | 21 July 1973 | 10 February 1974 | Failure. Missed Mars about 2240 km. |
| Mars 5 | (R) | 25 July 1973 | 12 February 1974 | Partial success. Lander lost after landing. |
| Mars 6 | (R) | 05 August 1973 | 12 March 1974 | Failure. Lander is lost during landing. |
| Mars 7 | (R) | 09 August 1973 | 09 March 1974 | Failure. Missed Mars about 1280 km. |
| Viking 1 | (U) | 20 August 1975 | 19 June 1976 | Orbiter and Lander are a huge success with many science and imaging data. |
| Viking 2 | (U) | 09 September 1975 | 07 August 1976 | Orbiter and Lander are a huge success with many science and imaging data. |
| Phobos 1 | (R) | 07 July 1988 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost close to the mars moon Phobos. |
| Phobos 2 | (R) | 12 July 1988 | 29 January 1989 | Partial success. 40 Images and data of mars moon Phobos. |
| Mars Observer | (U) | 25 September 1992 | 21 August 1993 | Failure. Havarie beim Einschuss in Marsorbit. |
| Mars`96 | (R) | 16 November 1996 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during Launch. |
| Mars Global Surveyor | (U) | 07 November 1996 | 12 September 1997 | First high resolution mapping of Mars. |
| Mars Pathfinder | (U) | 04 December 1996 | 04 July 1997 | 1st Mars Rover and thousands of images. |
| Mars Climate Orbiter | (U) | 11 December 1998 | 23 September 1999 | Failure in Mars orbit (unintentional entry in mars atmosphere). |
| Mars Polar Lander | (R) | 03 January 1999 | 03 December 1999 | Failure during landing on Mars. |
| Mars Odyssee 2001 | (U) | 07 April 2001 | 24 October 2001 | Research of martian radiation and water. |
| Nozumi (Hoffnung) | (J) | 07 September 1998 | ?? January 2004 | Problems with Spacecraft. Missed the planet Mars |
| Mars Express | (E) | 02 June 2003 | 26 December 2003 | Lander and Orbiter. |
| MER “Spirit” | (U) | 10 June 2003 | 04 January 2004 | Landing and drive in Gusev Crater. |
| MER “Opportunity” | (U) | 07 July 2003 | 25 January 2004 | Landing and drive over 42 km. |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | (U) | 12 August 2005 | 10 March 2006 | Super-High resolution images of martian surface from Orbit. |
| Phoenix | (U) | 04 August 2007 | 25 May 2008 | Landing at Mars north pole. |
| Fobos-Grunt | (R) | 08 November 2011 | –.–.—- | Failure. Lost during launch. |
| MSL “Curiosity” | (U) | 26 November 2011 | 6 August 2012 | Landing and Exploration drive in Gale Crater. |
| Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) | (I) | 05 November 2013 | 24 September 2014 | 1st Indian Satellite in Mars orbit. |
| MAVEN | (U) | 18 November 2013 | 22 September 2014 | Research of the Martian atmosphere. |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter | (E) | 14 March 2016 | 19 October 2016 | Lander and Orbiter. |
U=USA, R=Russia/Soviet Union, E=Europe, J=Japan, I=India