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|style="width:100px"|'''Arrival date'''
 
|style="width:100px"|'''Arrival date'''
 
|style="width:100px"|'''Principal<br/> organization'''
 
|style="width:100px"|'''Principal<br/> organization'''
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|style="width:100px"|'''Location'''
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|style="width:200px"|'''Status'''
 
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|-
 
|'''[[Mars Odyssey|2001 Mars Odyssey]]'''
 
|'''[[Mars Odyssey|2001 Mars Odyssey]]'''
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|24 October 2001
 
|24 October 2001
 
|[[NASA]]
 
|[[NASA]]
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|Polar orbit
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|Propellant could last until 2025
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Mars Express]]'''
 
|'''[[Mars Express]]'''
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|25 December 2003
 
|25 December 2003
 
|[[ESA]]
 
|[[ESA]]
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|Elliptical near-polar orbit
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|Funded through 2020
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Opportunity]]'''   
 
|'''[[Opportunity]]'''   
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|7 July 2003
 
|7 July 2003
 
|25 January 2004
 
|25 January 2004
|[[NASA]]  
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|[[NASA]]
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|Endeavour Crater
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|Hibernation - dust storm
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'''
 
|'''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'''
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|12 August 2005
 
|12 August 2005
 
|10 March 2006
 
|10 March 2006
|[[NASA]]   
 
|- 
 
|'''[[Phoenix]]''' 
 
|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
 
|4 August 2007
 
|''May 2008''
 
 
|[[NASA]]
 
|[[NASA]]
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|Sun-synchronous (polar) orbit
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|Propellant could last to 2030's
 
|-   
 
|-   
 
|'''[[Curiosity]]'''   
 
|'''[[Curiosity]]'''   
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|''6 August 2012''
 
|''6 August 2012''
 
|[[NASA]]
 
|[[NASA]]
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|Gale Crater
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|Active
 
|-   
 
|-   
 
|'''[[Mars Orbiter Mission]]'''   
 
|'''[[Mars Orbiter Mission]]'''   
|[[:category:orbiter|Orbiter]]
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|[[:category:orbiters|Orbiter]]
 
|5 November 2013
 
|5 November 2013
 
|''24 Septemer 2014''
 
|''24 Septemer 2014''
 
|[[ISAC]]
 
|[[ISAC]]
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|Highly elliptical non-polar orbit
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|Active
 
|-   
 
|-   
 
|'''[[MAVEN]]'''   
 
|'''[[MAVEN]]'''   
|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
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|[[:category:orbiters|Orbiter]]
 
|18 November 2013
 
|18 November 2013
 
|''22 September 2014''
 
|''22 September 2014''
 
|[[NASA]]
 
|[[NASA]]
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|Highly elliptical non-polar orbit
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|Currently in science mission, planned orbit change in 2019 to serve as comm relay
 
|-   
 
|-   
 
|'''[[ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter]]'''   
 
|'''[[ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter]]'''   
|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
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|[[:category:orbiters|Orbiter]]
 
|14 March 2016
 
|14 March 2016
 
|''19 October 2016''
 
|''19 October 2016''
 
|[[ESA/Roscosmos]]
 
|[[ESA/Roscosmos]]
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|Circular 74 deg science orbit
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|Active
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|- 
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|'''[[InSight]]''' 
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|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
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|5 May 2018
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|''November 2018''
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|[[NASA]]
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|En-route
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Revision as of 11:18, 28 August 2018

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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