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Mars

  • 18 Jan 2024

    NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took off for its 72nd and final flight on Mars.

  • 18 Feb 2021

    The Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars.

  • 19 Mar 2013

    Water-bearing minerals were discovered on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover.

  • 19 Jan 2013

    Earth-like calcium-rich deposits were found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover.

  • 10 Nov 2008

    NASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.

  • 4 Aug 2007

    NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.

  • 10 Mar 2006

    After seven months of travel, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived safely to Mars.

  • 1 Apr 2005

    NASA celebrated April Fool's Day by telling the world that they found water on Mars.

  • 27 Aug 2003

    Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years.

  • 7 Jul 2003

    NASA's Opportunity Mars rover launched from the Florida Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

  • 7 Apr 2001

    NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.

  • 5 May 2000

    A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.

  • 3 Dec 1999

    NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere.

  • 3 Jan 1999

    The Mars Polar Lander was launched.

  • 4 Jul 1997

    NASA's Pathfinder Space probe landed on Mars.

  • 6 Aug 1996

    A team of NASA scientists declared that the Martian ALH 84001 meteorite might contain traces of alien life.

  • 21 Aug 1993

    NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

  • 25 Sep 1992

    NASA launched the Mars Observer, a space probe designed to study Mars' geology and climate.

  • 3 Sep 1976

    The Viking 2 became the second spacecraft to land on Mars.

  • 25 Jul 1976

    The famous Face on Mars photo is taken.

  • 20 Jul 1976

    Viking I lands on Mars.

  • 20 Jul 1976

    America's robot spacecraft, the Viking I, successfully landed on Mars.

  • 20 Aug 1975

    NASA launched the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.

  • 9 Aug 1973

    The USSR launched the Mars 7 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in modern-day Kazakhstan.

  • 12 Oct 1972

    Mariner IX took two photos of Mars' north pole.

  • 2 Jan 1972

    The mapping of Mars' surface began.

  • 14 Nov 1971

    NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars' orbit.

  • 30 May 1971

    The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.

  • 27 Mar 1969

    NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.

  • 28 Nov 1964

    NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.

  • 23 Aug 1924

    Mars had a 'close encounter' with Earth at 34.8 million miles apart.

  • 17 Aug 1877

    Asaph Hall discovered Mars' second moon, called Phobos.

  • 12 Aug 1877

    One of Mars' moons, 'Deimos,' was discovered by an American astronomer, Asaph Hall.

  • 20 Mar 1345

    Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars came into alignment. Medieval scholars believed this phenomenon brought forth the Black Death.