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1 day ago · Mars, fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. Mars is designated by the symbol ♂. Sometimes called the Red Planet, Mars has long been associated with warfare and slaughter. It is named for the Roman god of war.
- Basic Astronomical Data
Mars - Red Planet, Orbit, Moons: Mars is the fourth planet...
- Outflow Channels and Oceans
Mars - Outflow Channels, Oceans, Geology: Large flood...
- Southern Cratered Highlands
Mars - Southern Highlands, Craters, Exploration: The number...
- Spacecraft Exploration
Mars - Spacecraft, Exploration, Missions: Since the...
- Character of The Surface
Mars - Craters, Valleys, Plains: The character of the...
- Human Exploration
Mars - Exploration, Rovers, Astronauts: Human exploration is...
- Polar Sediments, Ground Ice, Glaciers
Mars - Polar Sediments, Ground Ice, Glaciers: At each pole...
- Basic Astronomical Data
2 days ago · Mars-1 was the first spacecraft launched to Mars in 1962, but communication was lost while en route to Mars. With Mars-2 and Mars-3 in 1971–1972, information was obtained on the nature of the surface rocks and altitude profiles of the surface density of the soil, its thermal conductivity, and thermal anomalies detected on the surface of Mars.
11 hours ago · Phobos. Phobos 2. Phobos. Fobos-Grunt. Phobos. Missions sent to the Martian system have returned data on Phobos and Deimos and missions specifically dedicated to the moons are a subset of missions Mars that often include dedicated goals to acquire data about these moons.
4 days ago · The Rosalind Franklin rover is uniquely equipped to search for traces of ancient life on Mars, with a 2-metre drill that allows it to burrow deep beneath the Martian surface. But the mission was ...
2 days ago · NET 2029. Landing site. Oxia Planum. ExoMars programme. ← Trace Gas Orbiter. and Schiaparelli lander. Rosalind Franklin, [4] previously known as the ExoMars rover, is a planned robotic Mars rover, part of the international ExoMars programme led by the European Space Agency and the Russian Roscosmos State Corporation.
5 days ago · Mars can be as close as 34.7 million miles (55.8 million km) away or as far as 248.8 million miles (400.4 million km) away depending on where our two planets are in orbit around the sun.
1 day ago · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
