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Mission
(2000-2009)
Arrival
at Mars
Launch
Termination
Elements
Outcome
Rosetta
2 March
2004
25 February
2007
Currently
operational
Gravity assist
en route to
comet 67P/
Churyumov-
Gerasimenko
Success
Mars
Reconnais-
sance
Orbiter
12 August
2005
10 March
2006
Currently
operational
Orbiter
Success
Phoenix
4 August
2007
25 May 2008
10 November
2008
Lander
Success
Dawn
27
September
2007
17 February
2009
Currently
operational
Gravity assist
to Vesta
Success
Mission
(2010-2019)
Arrival
at Mars
Launch
Termination
Elements
Outcome
8 November
2011
8 November
2011
Phobos
lander,
sample
return
Failed to leave the
Earth orbit. Fell
back to Earth
Fobos-Grunt
8 November
2011
Orbiter
Yinghuo-1
MSL
Curiosity
26 November
2011
6 August
2012
Currently
operational
Rover
Success
Mars
Orbiter
Mission
5 November
2013
24
September
2014
Currently
operational
Orbiter
Launched
successfully
MAVEN
18 November
2013
22
September
2014
Currently
operational
Orbiter
Launched
successfully
Since August 2012, there have been two scientific rovers on the surface of Mars
beaming signals back to Earth (Opportunity of the Mars Exploration Rover mission
and Curiosity of the Mars Science Laboratory mission), and three orbiters are cur-
rently surveying the planet: Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter. Two orbiters launched in November 2013, India's Mars Orbiter Mission and
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), are currently on their
way to Mars. To date, no sample return missions have been attempted for Mars, and
one attempted return mission for Mars' moon Phobos (Fobos-Grunt) has failed.
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