A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, uncrewed spacecraft, ten have had successful soft landings.

Jan 25, 2025 · NASA has led the way with multiple missions that have landed safely on the Red Planet. Some of the landings have dispatched rovers to travel around the Martian surface, and …

Oct 1, 2025 · Over the years, Elon Musk has continually revised his aspirational targets for SpaceX landing an unoccupied craft on the surface of Mars. In a 2016 talk before the …

6 days ago · Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. …

Oct 14, 2025 · But now that’s changing. Artemis is preparing the moon as a steppingstone to Mars, shifting the United States’ national space strategy toward sustained presence and long …

Nov 12, 2024 · Here's a look at the best (and worst) Mars landings of all time: Mars 2, a lander built by the former Soviet Union, has the double-edged distinction of being the first human-built …

Nov 18, 2024 · Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain's video about the challenges of landing Mars, with more details in this article.

The following table is a list of successful and unsuccessful Mars landers. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars.

Sep 10, 2025 · This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken since its February 2021 landing at Jezero Crater to July 2024, when it took its …

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission captured thrilling footage of its rover landing in Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The real footage in this video was captured by several …