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Missions currently en-route to, landed on, or orbiting the planet are listed below.
| Mission | Type | Launch date | Arrival date | Principal organization |
Location | Status |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey | Orbiter | 7 April 2001 | 24 October 2001 | NASA | Polar orbit | Propellant could last until 2025 |
| Mars Express | Orbiter | 2 June 2003 | 25 December 2003 | ESA | Elliptical near-polar orbit | Funded through 2020 |
| Opportunity | Rover | 7 July 2003 | 25 January 2004 | NASA | Endeavour Crater | Hibernation - dust storm |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | Orbiter | 12 August 2005 | 10 March 2006 | NASA | Sun-synchronous (polar) orbit | Propellant could last to 2030's |
| Curiosity | Lander | 26 November 2011 | 6 August 2012 | NASA | Gale Crater | Active |
| Mars Orbiter Mission | Orbiter | 5 November 2013 | 24 Septemer 2014 | ISAC | Highly elliptical non-polar orbit | Active |
| MAVEN | Orbiter | 18 November 2013 | 22 September 2014 | NASA | Highly elliptical non-polar orbit | Currently in science mission, planned orbit change in 2019 to serve as comm relay |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter | Orbiter | 14 March 2016 | 19 October 2016 | ESA/Roscosmos | Circular 74 deg science orbit | Active |
| InSight | Lander | 5 May 2018 | November 2018 | NASA | En-route |
See also List of Planned Missions
