Mars exploration database

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
All64 Active8 Completed25 Failed28 Upcoming5
All Orbiter30 Lander13 Rover7 Flyby14 Helicopter1 Sample return1
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Europa Clipper

NASA's Europa Clipper mission, launched in October 2024 aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, is currently in its interplanetary cruise phase heading toward the Jupiter system. After successfully completing a gravity assist and calibration flyby of Mars in February 2025, the spacecraft is headed toward an upcoming Earth gravity assist maneuver. Its primary goal upon arriving at Jupiter will be to assess the habitability of the moon Europa through multiple scientific flybys.

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