NASA Mars Missions

List all Mars probes manned by NASA, including failed missions.

For missions that included multiple probes, enter all of them separately. For example, if the quiz were about moon missions, "Apollo" would not be accepted, but "Apollo 11" and "Apollo 13" would be.

"Launched on above mission" in the Launch Date column means that the probe was launched as part of the mission listed above it. For example, the Huygens probe would be listed below Cassini as "launched on above mission."

Does not include Mars Express, because while NASA is participating in this mission it is primarily managed by the ESA.

All info according to NASA sites

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Launch Date	Probe Type	Mission Status	Answer
November 1964	Flyby	Failure	Mariner 3
November 1964	Flyby	Success	Mariner 4
February 1969	Flyby	Success	Mariner 6
March 1969	Flyby	Success	Mariner 7
May 1971	Orbiter	Failure	Mariner 8
May 1971	Orbiter	Success	Mariner 9
August 1975	Lander/ Orbiter	Success	Viking 1
September 1975	Lander/ Orbiter	Success	Viking 2
September 1992	Orbiter	Failure	Mars Observer
November 1996	Orbiter	Success	Mars Global Surveyor
December 1996	Lander	Success	Mars Pathfinder
(launched on above mission)	Rover	Success	Sojourner

Launch Date	Probe Type	Mission Status	Answer
December 1998	Orbiter	Failure	Mars Climate Orbiter
January 1999	Lander	Failure	Mars Polar Lander
(launched on above mission)	Impact	Failure	Deep Space 2 Probes
April 2001	Orbiter	Ongoing	2001 Mars Odyssey
June 2003	Rover	Success	Mars Exploration Rover - Spirit
July 2003	Rover	Ongoing	Mars Exploration Rover - Opportunity
August 2005	Orbiter	Ongoing	Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
August 2007	Lander	Success	Phoenix Mars Lander
November 2011	Rover	Ongoing	Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)
November 2013	Orbiter	Ongoing	Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN)
March 2016 (delayed to May 2018)	Lander	Delayed	InSight