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Filled 30 of 38 sample tubes for possible future return to Earth. Its MOXIE experiment made 122 grams of oxygen from Martian CO2.
Mission ended Jan 2024 after 72 flights, damaged rotor blade on Flight 72
First powered, controlled flight on another planet. Logged over 128 minutes of total flight time.
Found ancient organic molecules and seasonal methane variations. Reached 1 km of elevation gain up Mount Sharp in August 2026.
HiRISE camera images selected sites at very high resolution (it had covered under 3 percent of the surface by 2017). Data relay for surface missions.
Contact lost 6 Dec 2025; NASA declared the mission over in June 2026 (spacecraft not recoverable)
Studied Mars upper atmosphere and solar wind interaction. Determined how Mars lost its atmosphere over billions of years.
Longest-serving spacecraft at Mars. Mapped subsurface hydrogen (water ice) distribution globally.
China's first Mars orbiter. Carries 7 scientific instruments including high-res camera and subsurface radar.
Entered hibernation May 2022; no communication since, per its chief designer (April 2023)
Traveled 1,921 meters on Mars surface. Detected evidence of recent water activity in Utopia Planitia.
MARSIS subsurface radar discovered possible liquid water reservoirs beneath south polar ice cap.
Detecting trace gases including methane. Serves as data relay for current and future surface missions.
First Arab interplanetary mission. Studies Martian weather and atmosphere from a unique high orbit.
Lost contact in 2022 after 8 years (designed for 6 months)
India's first interplanetary mission. Achieved Mars orbit on first attempt at a record-low cost of $74M.