Mars missions
Spacecraft to neighbor
Mars missions are spacecraft expeditions to the planet Mars, including flybys, orbiters, landers, and rovers.
The term covers both successful and failed attempts: The Mars mission lost contact during descent.
Government space agencies and private companies plan Mars missions, with human missions representing a long-sought goal: SpaceX is developing rockets for crewed Mars missions.
- orbiterBody circling another
- landerSpacecraft for surface arrival
- roverDrifter or space explorer
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- scientific instrumentsTools for empirical measurement
heat shield · Viking · launch vehicle · launch window · red planet · Curiosity · propulsion system · mission control · deep space network · mission patch · space probes · space exploration · interplanetary travel · flyby · dust storms · radiation shielding · solar panels · Cape Canaveral
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- Marsred planet, Martian soil, Martian atmosphere, Olympus Mons, polar caps
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- future techAI, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR
- 2026 anticipationWorld Cup, FIFA World Cup, Winter Olympics, predictions, forecasts
Mars missionsstaying home
Not going out
ocean exploration · polar expeditions · Antarctic expeditions · geological surveys · oceanography