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Infographic of the Day: Mars missions from 1960 to present by Bryan Christie Design for IEEE Spectrum’s special report “Why Mars? Why Now?”

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MISSION(S) TO MARS

Though most missions to the red planet have failed, the success rate is definitely improving…

MARINER 4 | MARS 3 | MARS 5 | MARS 6 | PHOBOS 2 | MARS EXPRESS/BEAGLE 2 | DAWN | FUTURE