All Missions
Every mission ever sent to the Red Planet: orbiters, landers, rovers and the helicopter that flew. Filter, explore the chronology and open each file.
64MissionsLaunched
8ActiveWorking now
50%Success rateReached their goal
7Rovers
13Landers
30Orbiters
1Helicopters
Chronology of Mars exploration
Drag, scroll or use the arrows. The bars show how many missions launched each year: they cluster around the launch windows that open every 26 months.
ActiveCompletedFailedUpcoming
1960
Korabl 4 (Mars 1M No. 1)
Mars 1M No.2 (Korabl 5)
1962
Mars 2MV-4 No.1 (Sputnik 22)
Mars 1
Sputnik 24 (Mars 2MV-3 No. 1)
1964
Mariner 3
Mariner 4
Zond 2
1969
Mariner 6
Mars 1969A (Mars 2M No. 521)
Mariner 7
Mars 1969B
1971
Mariner 8
Kosmos 419
Mars 2 (Lander)
Mars 2 (Orbiter)
Mars 3 (Orbiter)
Mars 3 (Lander)
Mariner 9
1973
Mars 4
Mars 5
Mars 6
Mars 7
1975
Viking 1 (Lander)
Viking 1 (Orbiter)
Viking 2 Orbiter
Viking 2 Lander
1988
Phobos 1
Phobos 2
1992
Mars Observer
1996
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars 96 (Mars-8)
Mars Pathfinder
Sojourner
1998
Nozomi (PLANET-B)
Mars Climate Orbiter (Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter)
1999
Deep Space 2 (DS2)
2001
2001 Mars Odyssey
2003
Mars Express
Beagle 2
Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit)
Opportunity
2004
Rosetta
2005
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
2007
Phoenix (Mars Phoenix Lander)
Dawn
2011
Phobos-Grunt
Yinghuo-1 (YH-1)
Curiosity (MSL)
2013
MAVEN
2016
Schiaparelli EDM
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)
2018
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)
2020
Hope (Al Amal)
Zhurong (Rover)
Tianwen-1 (Orbiter)
Tianwen-1 (Lander)
Ingenuity
Perseverance (Mars 2020)
2023
Psyche
2024
Hera
Europa Clipper
2025
ESCAPADE Gold (SIMPLEx-4B)
ESCAPADE Blue (SIMPLEx-4A)
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