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22 hours ago · This is a list of spacecraft missions (including unsuccessful ones) to the planet Mars, such as orbiters, landers, and rovers.
- List of Missions to Venus
Global topographic map of Venus, with all probe landings...
- Long March 5
Long March 5 (LM-5; Chinese: 长征五号; pinyin: Chángzhēng wǔ...
- 2Mv-4 No.1
Mars 2MV-4 No.1 also known as Sputnik 22 in the West, was a...
- List of Missions to Venus
4 days ago · The Martian (film) The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. Drew Goddard adapted the screenplay from the 2011 novel of the same name by Andy Weir. The film depicts an astronaut's struggle to survive on Mars after being left behind and NASA 's efforts to return him to Earth.
1 day ago · Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today.
- How far is Mars from Earth?Mars is less than 56 million km (35 million miles) from Earth at its closest approach, but it recedes to almost 400 million km (250 million miles)...
- What is the size of Mars?Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system, only larger than Mercury and slightly more than half the size of Earth. It has an equatoria...
- What do Mars and Earth have in common?Mars is similar to Earth in many ways. Like Earth, it has clouds, winds, a roughly 24-hour day, seasonal weather patterns, polar ice caps, volcanoe...
- What is the temperature on Mars?The characteristic temperature on Mars in the lower atmosphere is about 200 kelvins (K; −100 °F, −70 °C), which is generally colder than the averag...
- When did Viking 1 and Viking 2 land on Mars?The Viking landers are two robotic U.S. spacecraft launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the study of the planet...
- Should humans colonize space on Mars?Space colonization, on Mars or elsewhere, is widely debated. Some argue humans have a moral duty to save our species from extinction, and space col...
4 days ago · 2022 (Tuesday) 2021 (Monday) 2020 (Sunday) 2019 (Friday) 2018 (Thursday) 2017 (Wednesday) 2016 (Tuesday) 2015 (Sunday) March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 298 days remain until the end of the year.
4 days ago · Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) is a comet that was discovered on May 21, 2017, by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. It has a hyperbolic orbit with a high inclination with respect to the ecliptic plane (close to 90°), indicating that it likely originated from the Oort Cloud.
5 days ago · Stars on Mars. (a Titles & Air Dates Guide) Last updated: Wed, 22 May 2024 -1:00. Celebrities compete in a series of challenges simulating what it might be like to be an astronaut trying to survive on Mars. Show Details:
2 days ago · Spacecraft and Subsystems. The Mars Polar Lander consists of a hexagonal base composed of aluminum honeycomb with composite graphite epoxy face sheets supported on three aluminum landing legs. The lander stands 1.06 m tall and approximately 3.6 m wide. The launch mass of the spacecraft is approximately 583 kg, including 64 kg of fuel, an 82 kg ...
