Mars Mission Planner
Comprehensive intelligence on Mars missions past, present, and future -- launch windows, costs, and commercial opportunities
Perseverance Rover
🇺🇸 NASACollected 24+ rock and soil samples for future Mars Sample Return mission. Demonstrated MOXIE oxygen production from Martian CO2.
Ingenuity Helicopter
🇺🇸 NASAMission 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.
Curiosity Rover
🇺🇸 NASADiscovered ancient organic molecules and seasonal methane variations. Climbed over 800m up Mount Sharp.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
🇺🇸 NASAHigh-resolution HiRISE camera has imaged most of Mars surface. Primary data relay for surface missions.
MAVEN
🇺🇸 NASAStudying Mars upper atmosphere and solar wind interaction. Determined how Mars lost its atmosphere over billions of years.
Mars Odyssey
🇺🇸 NASALongest-serving spacecraft at Mars. Mapped subsurface hydrogen (water ice) distribution globally.
Tianwen-1 Orbiter
🇨🇳 CNSAChina's first Mars orbiter. Carries 7 scientific instruments including high-res camera and subsurface radar.
Zhurong Rover
🇨🇳 CNSAEntered hibernation May 2022 for Martian winter, no signal reacquired as of 2024
Traveled 1,921 meters on Mars surface. Detected evidence of recent water activity in Utopia Planitia.
Mars Express
🇪🇺 ESAMARSIS subsurface radar discovered possible liquid water reservoirs beneath south polar ice cap.
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)
🇪🇺 ESA/RoscosmosDetecting trace gases including methane. Serves as data relay for current and future surface missions.
Hope Probe (Al-Amal)
🇦🇪 UAESAFirst Arab interplanetary mission. Studies Martian weather and atmosphere from a unique high orbit.
Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)
🇮🇳 ISROLost 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.