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|style="width:200px"|'''Mission'''  
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| style="width:200px" |'''Mission'''
|style="width:70px"|'''Type'''  
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| style="width:70px" |'''Type'''
|style="width:100px"|'''Launch date'''
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| style="width:100px" |'''Launch date'''
|style="width:100px"|'''Arrival date'''
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| style="width:100px" |'''Arrival date'''
|style="width:100px"|'''Principal<br/> organization'''
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| 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
 
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|-
|'''[[Spirit]]'''
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|'''[[Opportunity]]'''
|[[:category:rovers|Rover]]
 
|10 June 2003
 
|4 January 2004
 
|[[NASA]]
 
|-
 
|'''[[Opportunity]]'''
 
 
|[[:category:rovers|Rover]]
 
|[[:category:rovers|Rover]]
 
|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]]    
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|[[NASA]]
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|Sun-synchronous (polar) orbit
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|Propellant could last to 2030's
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|- 
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|'''[[Curiosity]]'''
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|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
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|26 November 2011
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|''6 August 2012''
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|[[NASA]]
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|Gale Crater
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|Active
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|- 
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|'''[[Mars Orbiter Mission]]'''
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|[[:category:orbiters|Orbiter]]
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|5 November 2013
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|''24 Septemer 2014''
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|[[ISAC]]
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|Highly elliptical non-polar orbit
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|Active
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|- 
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|'''[[MAVEN]]'''
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|[[:category:orbiters|Orbiter]]
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|18 November 2013
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|''22 September 2014''
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|[[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
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|- 
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|'''[[ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter]]'''
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|[[:category:orbiters|Orbiter]]
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|14 March 2016
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|''19 October 2016''
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|[[ESA/Roscosmos]]
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|Circular 74 deg science orbit
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|Active
 
|-   
 
|-   
|'''[[Phoenix]]'''
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|'''[[InSight]]'''
 
|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
 
|[[:category:landers|Lander]]
|4 August 2007
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|5 May 2018
|''May 2008''
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|''November 2018''
 
|[[NASA]]
 
|[[NASA]]
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|[[Elysium Planitia|elysium Planitia]]
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|Active
 
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See also [[List_of_Planned_Missions|List of Planned Missions]]
  
 
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[[category:Exploration Missions]]
[[category:Missions]]
 

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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 elysium Planitia Active


See also List of Planned Missions