First Nasa Satellite Sent To Mars

Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on mars nasa is giving the public an opportunity to send their names etched on microchips to the red planet with nasa s mars 2020 rover which represents the initial leg of humanity s first round trip to another planet.
First nasa satellite sent to mars. See your frequent flyer points. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Mars 2 mars 3 and mariner 9 were all launched into space in may 1971 and all entered mars orbit that same year. The first x plane the bell x 1 was the first rocket powered airplane to break the sound barrier on october 14 1947.
Nasa s mariner 9 reached the planet s orbit first on november 14 narrowly beating the soviet s spacecraft amid the. National space policy also issued in 2010. Engineering interplanetary journeys is complicated and the exploration of mars has experienced a high failure rate especially the. The soviets mars program and the united states s mariner program became the two first successful space programs that intended to explore mars through orbiters.
Interactive image map of the global topography of mars overlain with locations of mars landers and rovers hover your mouse over the image to see the names of over 60 prominent geographic features and click to link to them. Send your name to mars. Coloring of the base map indicates relative elevations based on data from the mars orbiter laser altimeter on nasa s mars global surveyor. Nasa is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and mars in the 2030s goals outlined in the bipartisan nasa authorization act of 2010 and in the u s.
Mars exploration took a big leap 20 years ago today. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency. Since 1945 naca nasa s predecessor and since 1958 nasa have conducted the x plane program. View and share your boarding pass.
The planet mars has been explored remotely by spacecraft.