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A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, uncrewed spacecraft, ten have had successful soft landings. There have also been studies for a possible human mission to Mars including a landing, but none has been attempted.
As of 2023, the Soviet Union, United States and China have conducted Mars landings successfully.[1] Soviet Mars 3, which landed in 1971, was the first successful Mars landing, though the spacecraft failed after 110 seconds on the surface. All other Soviet Mars landing attempts failed.[2] Viking 1 and Viking 2 were first successful NASA landers, launched in 1975. NASA's Mars Pathfinder, launched in 1996, successfully delivered the first Mars rover, Sojourner. In 2021, first Chinese lander and rover, Tianwen 1,[3] successfully landed on Mars.
- ^ mars.nasa.gov. "Historical Log | Missions". NASA Mars Exploration. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Heil, Andy (2 August 2020). "The Soviet Mars Shot That Almost Everyone Forgot". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Tianwen-1 and Zhurong, China's Mars orbiter and rover". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 17 March 2025.