Mission Mars

Mars HistorySpacecraft exploration of Mars began in 1964

with Mariner 4 Mariner 4 reached the red planet on July 15 19643 more mariner spacecraft mariner 6,7, and 9

successfully orbited mars by the end of 1971 Previous attempts by both the USSR and United

States to send a spacecraft to mars and failed

Mars Purpose

Mars was named after the bloody red god of war of the ancient Romans.

Mars is red because it is rusty.

Mars manned/unmanned

A person went to mars and did mars mission In 2012 a private mission project called

mars one, was announced aiming to establish settlement on mars in 2023

Red dragon is proposed concept for a low lost mars lander mission that would utilize a space x falcon

Mars vehicle A rover was launched to mars from Florida Cape

Canaveral air force station it is in orbit nowIt was launched on November 26, 2011 The rover arrived on Mars on August 6, 2012In 1971 the soviet space program scored a major

success by putting the first spacecraft into Martian orbit and even touching a lander vehicle down on its surface

Interesting Facts

In 1877, an Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli, announced that he had seen long, straight lines on Mars.

He called them canale, or channels A hundred pound man would weigh 38 pounds on Mars Mars has 2 moons called Phobos, and Deimos, the

largest is only 37 kilometers

Mars Rover Pictures

Mars pictures

Layers of Mars

Mars Mars is a cold planet, much colder than earth it is 95% carbon dioxide A summer day in mars may get up to 70

degrees Fspring is the longest season at seven

months. Summer and fall are both about six months long. Winter is only four months long.

•By: Monique Yescas, Karen Valencia, And Saul Villa