{"id":23369,"date":"2020-06-10T01:43:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/heres-a-map-of-every-successful-failed-and-future-mars-landing-site-ever\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T01:43:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:43:14","slug":"heres-a-map-of-every-successful-failed-and-future-mars-landing-site-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/heres-a-map-of-every-successful-failed-and-future-mars-landing-site-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a map of every successful, failed, and future Mars landing site ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Every Mars landing attempt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"2183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/06\/08\/mars-landings-every-attempt-map\/every-mars-landing-attempt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"3272,1626\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"every-mars-landing-attempt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>NASA is planning to send its Perseverance rover to Mars as soon as next month&nbsp;with four major goals. Whether you\u2019re just learning about Mars exploration for the first time or could use a refresher, follow along below for a map and details of every successful, failed, and future Mars landing attempt ahead of the next exciting NASA launch.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-2182\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Mars missions<\/h2>\n<p>NASA\u2019s first successful Mars landing dates back to 1976 with the Viking 1 lander arriving on the red planet in July of that year with the Viking 2 following shortly after in September.<\/p>\n<p>The Soviet Union\u2019s Mars 2 lander launched five years earlier but crashed as it entered Mars\u2019 atmosphere too steeply.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-2182',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p>So far there have been eight successful Mars landings and NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover is the next attempt with a launch window opening in July. China is also planning to send its Tianwen-1 rover to Mars around the same time.<\/p>\n<h2>Mars mapped<\/h2>\n<p>For a fascinating look at every Mars landing attempt, check out the infographic that has them mapped and detailed below (via <em>The Planetary Society<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/06\/08\/mars-landings-every-attempt-map\/every-mars-landing-attempt-map-infographic-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"5761,2829\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"every-mars-landing-attempt-map-infographic copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\" data-url=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"5761\" height=\"2829\"><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s a look at just the successful and future attempt sites:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/06\/08\/mars-landings-every-attempt-map\/every-mars-landing-attempt-map-infographic-success-and-future\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"840,840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"every-mars-landing-attempt-map-infographic-success-and-future\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=840\" data-url=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\"><\/p>\n<p>As we previously covered, here are NASA\u2019s primary goals with the Perseverance Mars rover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine whether life ever arose on Mars<\/li>\n<li>Characterize the climate of Mars<\/li>\n<li>Characterize the geology of Mars<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for human exploration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn all about the Perseverance rover in our full coverage here.<\/p>\n<h2>More<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch: NASA revealing new student-submitted Mars rover name [Update: Revealed]<\/li>\n<li>Curiosity Mars rover takes stunning 2.43 GB Martian selfie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Top image via NASA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is planning to send its Perseverance rover to Mars as soon as next month&nbsp;with four major goals. Whether you\u2019re just learning about Mars exploration for the first time or could use a refresher, follow along below for a map and details of every successful, failed, and future Mars landing attempt ahead of the next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}