swap_horiz Phoenix Mars Lander Alternatives

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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

The Mars Science Laboratory is a NASA robotic space mission that landed the car-sized Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on...

Nasa Mars Rover 2011

9.72 Brilliant

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Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

Mars 2020 is an ongoing NASA space mission that successfully landed the Perseverance rover in Mars's Jezero Crater in Fe...

2020 Nasa Mars Rover

9.68 Brilliant

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Mariner 9

The Mariner 9 mission involved a NASA-operated spacecraft that orbited Mars from 1971 to 1973. It is significant as the...

Mapping Nasa Mars Orbiter

9.20 Excellent

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Opportunity

The Opportunity rover explored the Martian surface from 2003 to 2018. NASA’s mission investigated Gale Crater searching...

Surface Nasa Mars Rover

9.20 Excellent

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Curiosity

The Curiosity rover is a mobile science laboratory exploring Mars. Launched by NASA in 2011, it landed within Gale Crate...

Surface Nasa Mars Rover

9.20 Excellent

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Ingenuity

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is an experimental rotorcraft deployed as part of the Mars Perseverance rover mission. It ac...

Helicopter Technology Nasa Mars

9.20 Excellent

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Perseverance

The Perseverance rover is a NASA spacecraft exploring Mars. Launched in 2020, it landed in Jezero Crater to investigate...

Nasa Mars Rover Sample Cache

9.05 Excellent

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Mariner 4

The Mariner 4 mission, launched by NASA in 1964, represents a pivotal moment in planetary exploration. This flyby spacec...

Imaging Nasa Mars Flyby

9.02 Excellent

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Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

The Opportunity rover was a NASA mission designed to study the geology of Mars’ Meridiani Planum region. Launched in 200...

Geology Nasa Mars Rover

8.70 Great

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Viking 1

The Viking 1 mission involved both an orbiter and a lander deployed to Mars in 1975. It achieved the historic feat of de...

Nasa Mars Past Lander

8.63 Great

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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is a small rotorcraft developed by NASA for exploration on Mars. It achieved unprecedented...

Helicopter Technology Nasa Mars

8.45 Great

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Viking 2

The Viking 2 spacecraft was a NASA mission launched in 1976 to explore Mars. It landed near Utopia Planitia and function...

Nasa Mars Past Lander

8.08 Great

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Mars Exploration Rover Spirit

Spirit was a robotic Mars Exploration Rover operated by NASA. It successfully landed in Gusev Crater on Mars in January...

Geology Nasa Mars Rover

7.98 Good

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Surveyor 1

Surveyor 1 was a NASA spacecraft that became the first American probe to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, touching do...

Nasa Past Moon Lander

7.97 Good

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Mars Global Surveyor

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an unmanned NASA spacecraft designed to map and study the surface and atmosphere of Mars....

Mapping Nasa Mars Past

7.95 Good

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Mars Pathfinder

Mars Pathfinder was a NASA robotic space mission launched in 1996 that successfully landed in the Ares Vallis region of...

Nasa Mars Rover Past

7.75 Good

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Surveyor 7

Surveyor 7 was NASA's seventh and final lunar lander in the Surveyor program, launched on January 7, 1968, and landing o...

Surface Nasa Past Moon

7.29 Good

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InSight

InSight was a stationary NASA lander designed to investigate the internal structure and geological activity of Mars. It...

Nasa Mars Seismology Past

6.88 Fair

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Mars Polar Lander

Mars Polar Lander was a NASA spacecraft launched in January 1999 to study the layered terrain near Mars's south pole, ca...

Polar Nasa Mars Lander

2.90 Poor

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Schiaparelli EDM

Schiaparelli EDM (Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module) was a European Space Agency lander flown on the 2016 E...

Mars Past Lander Esa

2.83 Poor