As of May 2021, there are three operational rovers on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, both operated by the United States of America space agency NASA, as well as the Zhurong rover, part of the Tianwen-1 mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

What space probes does Mars have?

As of May 2021, there are three operational rovers on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, both operated by the United States of America space agency NASA, as well as the Zhurong rover, part of the Tianwen-1 mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

What are the names of the probes on Mars?

Active & Future Missions

• Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover.
• Curiosity Rover.
• InSight Lander.
• MAVEN.
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
• 2001 Mars Odyssey.

How many Mars probes are there?

As of February 2021, there are 14 missions with objects on the surface of Mars. Some of these missions contain multiple spacecraft.

What are 4 space probes that have been sent to Mars?

Currently conducting surface operations.

• Mariner 3 & 4. Mariner 4. Mission.
• Mariner 6 & 7. Mariner 6. Mission.
• Mariner 8 & 9. Mariner 9. Mission.
• Mars 2 & 3. Mars 3 Spacecraft (top) and Lander (bottom). Mission.
• Phobos 1 & 2. Mission.
• Mars Pathfinder (Discovery 1) Mars Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover.

What space probes have visited photographed or landed on Mars?

There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix (2008), Curiosity (2012), InSight (2018) and Perseverance (2021). The only other country to land a spacecraft on Mars was the Soviet Union in 1971 and 1973.

What was the name of India’s first space probe orbiting Mars?

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the maiden interplanetary mission of ISRO, launched on November 5, 2013 by PSLV-C25 got inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt.

How many probes did us send to Mars?

What was the first probe to land on Mars?

Viking 1
The first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, Viking 1 was part of a two-part mission to investigate the Red Planet and search for signs of life.

What was the first space probe?

Sputnik 1 was the first probe to go into space. It was launched on Oct. 4, 1957, by the former Soviet Union.