This is a list of spacecraft missions (including unsuccessful ones) to the planet Mars, such as orbiters, landers, and rovers. Mission time is often measured in Mars sols, solar days on Mars.

Feb 7, 2025 · NASA is advancing many technologies to send astronauts to Mars as early as the 2030s. Here are six things we are working on right now to make future human missions to the …

There are several spacecraft operating at the red planet. Here are all the Mars missions, past and present.

The first human explorers to visit Mars will lay the groundwork for permanent presence on the surface. Their mission objectives will include surveying local resources, preparing landing …

Oct 9, 2024 · By 2035, NASA plans to explore Mars, building on experiences from lunar missions under the Artemis program. The Mars mission will investigate the planet’s geology, …

Human missions to Mars have been part of science fiction since the 1880s, and more broadly, in fiction, Mars is a frequent target of exploration and settlement in books, graphic novels, and …

Sep 30, 2025 · Mars remains our horizon goal for human exploration because it is one of the only other places we know in the solar system where life may have existed. What we learn about …

Jan 7, 2025 · NASA has announced it is moving forward with several plans to return rock samples from Mars.

Sep 17, 2025 · NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the Red Planet.

Oct 1, 2025 · Despite meeting all objectives of the 10th Starship test in August, SpaceX’s goal of sending the first Starships toward Mars this decade may still be out of reach. Jon Kelvey …