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Programme · NASA · CNSA · JAXA
Rovers on the surface, orbiters overhead and the race to bring Mars home: NASA's sample return is cancelled, and China's Tianwen-3 aims to return samples first, around 2031.
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MMX Launches for Phobos
Mon, 19 Oct 2026
Perseverance
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Sol 2,008 · Climbed 640 m · Jezero Crater
Curiosity
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Sol 5,043 · Climbed 1,021 m · Gale Crater
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mapping Mars in high resolution and relaying data from the rovers since 2006.
Mars Odyssey
The longest-serving Mars spacecraft, in orbit since 2001 and nearly out of fuel.
MAVEN
Fell silent in December 2025 while spinning out of control; NASA declared it lost in June 2026.
3 Jun 2026
ESCAPADE
NASA's twin orbiters, Blue and Gold, leave Earth's neighbourhood in November 2026 and arrive in September 2027.
MMX
JAXA's mission to land on Mars's moon Phobos and bring a sample home, launching on H3.
Tianwen-3
China's Mars sample return, launching on two Long March 5 rockets, with samples home around 2031.
Mars Sample Return
NASA and ESA's campaign to collect Perseverance's samples, left unfunded by Congress in January 2026.
23 Jan 2026
News from NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance teams.
Sol 4995 at Gale Crater, observed 25 Aug 2026
The latest REMS outreach reading NASA has published, which can trail the rover by weeks. From NASA/JPL-Caltech and CAB (CSIC-INTA). Calibrated data ↗