Interesting Facts About Mars

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Launch Date
Name
Country
Result
Reason

1960
Korabl 4
USSR (flyby)
Failure
Didn’t reach Earth orbit

1960
Korabl 5
USSR (flyby)
Failure
Didn’t reach Earth orbit

1962
Korabl 11
USSR (flyby)
Failure
Earth orbit only; spacecraft broke apart

1962
Mars 1
USSR (flyby)
Failure
Radio Failed

1962
Korabl 13
USSR (flyby)
Failure
Earth orbit only; spacecraft broke apart

1964
Mariner 3
US (flyby)
Failure
Shroud failed to jettison

1964
Mariner 4
US (flyby)
Success
Returned 21 images

1964
Zond 2
USSR (flyby)
Failure
Radio failed

1969
Mars 1969A
USSR
Failure
Launch vehicle failure

1969
Mars 1969B
USSR
Failure
Launch vehicle failure

1969
Mariner 6
US (flyby)
Success
Returned 75 images

1969
Mariner 7
US (flyby)
Success
Returned 126 [...]

The human being’s fascination of Mars and the solar system dates back from the time of the Babylonians, maybe even earlier we don’t really know. During that time little was known about Mars, only that it looks fiery red and had a strange loop in the sky unlike any other.
This fascination brought about excitement to [...]

During the 1800’s, Scientist Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, who was closely observing Mars, announced that he had seen “Canali” on Mars or “Channels” when translated in English. But people got excited over the discovery and wrongly translated it to “Canals” giving the impression that intelligent occupants built large canals in Mars.
One of the missions of the [...]