Timeline of Mars

Mariner 3 Mariner 4 Mariner 8 & 9 Viking 1 & 2 Mars Observer Pathfinder (rover) Mars Global Surveyor (obiter) ESA/Russia plan (2002) USA Vision for Space Exploration (2004) Mars Society Germany – European Mars Mission (EMM) (2005) China National Space Administration (CNSA) (2006) The One-Way Trip Option (2006); "Mars to Stay " USA's Mars orbit by the mid-2030s (2010) 2-4-2 concept (2011–2012) Mars One (2012) Mars Climate Orbiter Mars polar Lander Deep Space 2 (probe) International Space University (1991) NASA Space Exploration Initiative (1989) 21 Century ESA Aurora Programme (2001+) Boeing Affordable Mission (2014) NASA's Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration (2015) SpaceX Mars transportation infrastructure (2016–17) Deep Space Transport (2017) Mars Odyssey (orbiter) Spirit & Opportunity (rovers) Mars Express (orbiter) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Phoenix Scout (lander) Curiosity (rover) MARVEN ExoMars Mars 2020 Mission Aelita The Angry Red Planet Christmas on Mars Conquest of Space Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Doom Escape from Mars Flight to Mars Ghosts of Mars It! The Terror from Beyond Space John Carter Just Imagine The Last Days on Mars The Martian Princess of Mars Mission Mars Red Planet Robinson Crusoe on Mars RocketMan Rocketship X-M The Space Between Us Journey to Mars Species II A Trip to Mars A Trip to Mars Watchmen The Wizard of Mars New event Martians vs. Thunder Child Giovanni Schiaparelli’s 1877 announcement The Beginning of Stories in 19th Century An 1893 ad A Martian prison from 1898 Mars (a book) By the 1960s, both optimism and fear about Mars had begun to dwindle. Mars 1 Wernher von Braun proposal (1947 through 1950s) Soviet mission proposals (1956 through 1969) U.S. proposals (1950s, 1960s, and 1970s) MARPOST (2000–2005)