In 1971 the soviet union sent probes mars 2 and mars 3 each carrying a lander as part of the mars probe program m 71.
Did anyone land on mars.
Three sites were selected to continue as landing site candidates.
Columbia hills jezero crater ne syrtis.
The mars 2 lander failed to land and impacted mars.
A human mission to mars has been the subject of science fiction aerospace engineering and scientific proposals since the 20th century.
The mars 3 lander became the first probe to successfully soft land on mars but its data gathering had less success.
See the letter describing the workshop results sent by the mars 2020.
At the third landing site workshop for the mars 2020 rover mission on feb.
5 2012 pdt morning of aug.
Phoenix landed on the north polar region of mars on may 25 2008.
6 edt near the foot of a mountain three miles tall and 96 miles in diameter inside gale crater.
This image was captured by nasa s mars rover curiosity shortly after it landed on the red planet on the evening of aug.
Its robotic arm dug into the martian soil and the presence of water ice was confirmed on june 20 2008.
The nasa mars pathfinder carrying a robotic exploration vehicle sojourner landed in the ares vallis on mars in the summer of 1997 returning many images.
Final three landing sites.