{"id":1264,"date":"2011-12-03T08:06:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=1264"},"modified":"2011-12-17T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T16:30:59","slug":"to-mars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=1264","title":{"rendered":"To: Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the years there have been many missions to Mars.\u00a0 The latest, Mars Science Lab including the Curiosity Rover, \u00a0launched recently on November 26, 2011.\u00a0 The first was Pioneer 10, launched in 1972.\u00a0 Further details about the Jupiter missions can be found on NASA’s\u00a0Mars web pages<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Mars\u00a0is a\u00a0planet a little smaller earth, with\u00a0a radius of about 1\/2\u00a0that of earth (3376.2\u00a0km for mars vs\u00a06356.8\u00a0for earth) and is at a distance from earth of between\u00a036 to 250 million kilometers.\u00a0 More details about Jupiter can be found on NASA’s Mars Fact Sheet<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Mars Science Laboratory (with the Curiosity Rover)\u00a0mission to Mars<\/strong><\/div>\n
On November 26, 2011 NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)<\/a>\u00a0to Mars.\u00a0 MSL will arrive August, 2012.\u00a0\u00a0You can find out much more about this mission by visiting the NASA MSL web pages<\/a>\u00a0or the JPL MSL web pages<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Current and Past Missions<\/h3>\n

Phobos-Grunt<\/a>\u00a0– 2011\u00a0Attempted Russian Phobos Sample Return<\/p>\n

Yinghuo-1<\/a>– 2011 Attempted Chinese Mars Orbiter<\/p>\n

Phoenix<\/a>– 2007 NASA Mars Scout Lander<\/p>\n

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a>\u00a0– 2005 NASA Orbiter<\/p>\n

Mars Exploration Rovers- 2003 Two NASA Rovers to Mars<\/p>\n