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Mars Research Timeline
By Luis Matthews
By Luis Matthews
Events
USSR Mars Probe
October 10, 1960
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Failed to reach Earth orbit.
USSR Mars Flyby
November 30, 1964
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Contact was lost en route.
USSR Mars Probe
May 10, 1971
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Failed to leave Earth orbit.
USSR Mars Orbiter
July 21, 1973
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Mars 4 arrived at Mars on February, 1974, but failed to go into orbit due to a malfunction of its breaking engine.
USSR Mars Orbiter/Lander
July 7, 1988
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Phobos 1 was sent to investigate the Martian moon Phobos.
USSR Phobos Flyby/Lander
July 12, 1988
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Phobos 2 arrived at Mars and was inserted into orbit on January 30, 1989.
USA Mars Orbiter
December 1996
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The Mars Pathfinder delivered a stationary lander and a surface rover to the Red Planet
2001 Mars Odyssey
April 7, 2001
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This Mars orbiter reached the planet on October 24, 2001 and served as a communications relay for future Mars missions.
Mars Rover
July 7, 2003
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"Opportunity", also known as MER-B, was launched on July 7, 2003 and successfully arrived on Mars on January 24, 2004.
USA Mars Rover
November 26, 2011
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The Mars Science Laboratory was launched on November 26, 2011.
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)
March 27, 2016
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InSight will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system's rocky planets.