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Phoenix
robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program
Spirit
former NASA Mars rover
Opportunity
former NASA Mars rover
InSight
The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars. It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space, was managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and two of its three scientific instruments were built by European agencies. InSight confirmed "marsquakes" on the planet and thus a still active interior.
Mars Orbiter Mission
Indian Mars orbiter (2013-2022)
Mariner 9
Mars orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA space probe in orbit of Mars
Mariner 4
robotic spacecraft sent by NASA to Mars
Ingenuity
decommissioned NASA rotorcraft on the Mars 2020 mission
Mars Pathfinder
Mars lander
Viking program
pair of NASA space probes sent to Mars
Mars Science Laboratory
Mars mission by NASA, with rover named "Curiosity"
MAVEN
MAVEN is a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars to study the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water. The name is an acronym for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution" while the word maven also denotes "a person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert".
2001 Mars Odyssey
2001 NASA orbiter studying the geology and hydrology of Mars
Viking 1
NASA mission which sent an orbiter and lander to Mars
Mars Global Surveyor
US spacecraft developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars 2020
Mars mission by NASA, with rover named "Perseverance" and helicopter named "Ingenuity"
Viking 2
NASA mission which sent an orbiter and lander to Mars
Tianwen-1
Mariner 3
robotic deep-space probe to Mars
Mars Exploration Rover
robotic space mission from NASA involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity exploring the planet Mars
Mars rover
space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of Mars
Mars Observer
space probe
Mars Polar Lander
robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999
Mars Climate Orbiter
robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998
Mars Hope
space exploration probe mission to Mars
Mariner 8
1971 Mars spacecraft
Yinghuo-1
Yinghuo-1 () was a Chinese Mars-exploration space probe, intended to be the first Chinese planetary space probe and the first Chinese spacecraft to orbit Mars. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 8 November 2011, along with the Russian Fobos-Grunt sample return spacecraft, which was intended to visit Mars's moon Phobos. The 115-kg (250-lb) Yinghuo-1 probe was intended by the CNSA to orbit Mars for about two years, studying the planet's surface, atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetic field. Shortly after launch, Fobos-Grunt was expected to perform two burns to depart Earth orb
Zhurong
Mars rover
Deep Space 2
twin Mars impact probes
Nozomi
space probe
Red Dragon
modified SpaceX Dragon spacecraft design for a proposed sample return mission to Mars
Mariner 6 and 7
uncrewed probes sent by NASA as part of Mariner program in 1969
list of artificial objects on Mars
Wikimedia list article
list of missions to Mars
Wikimedia list article
Mars Cube One
Mars flyby mission
EscaPADE
Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) is a spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold, which launched in November 2025. The mission is designed to demonstrate low-cost planetary space exploration. The twin spacecraft will study Mars' magnetosphere and how solar wind contributed to the loss of most of the planet's atmosphere over Solar System history. The mission is led by UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory with Dr. Robert Lillis as Principal Investigator. It is part of NASA's SIMPLEx program.
Mars landing
landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars
Mars aircraft
Aircraft for martian atmosphere
Malin Space Science Systems
American company which builds and operates spacecraft instruments
Next Mars Orbiter
proposed NASA Mars communications satellite
Mars Surveyor '98
canceled NASA spaceflight mission in the Mars Exploration Program
SHARAD
thumb|upright=1.35|Schematic view of SHARAD operation on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter SHARAD (Mars SHAllow RADar sounder) is a subsurface sounding radar embarked on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) probe. It complements the MARSIS radar on Mars Express orbiter, providing lower penetration capabilities (some hundred meters) but much finer resolution of 15 meters in free space.
Mars cycler
spacecraft trajectory that encounters Earth and Mars regularly
Mars Base Camp
Concept Mars orbiter