Mars 1
Mars 1 was the Soviet Union’s first Mars probe, launched on 1962-11-01 for a flyby of Mars. The automatic interplanetary station studied interplanetary space and Mars-bound conditions while traveling toward the planet.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mars 1Mars-1Mars 2MV-4 No. 21962 Beta Nu 1Sputnik 23
- Name
- Mars 1
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Mars 1 was the Soviet Union’s first Mars probe, launched on 1962-11-01 for a flyby of Mars. The automatic interplanetary station studied interplanetary space and Mars-bound conditions while traveling toward the planet.
- Destination
- Mars
- End Date
- 1963-03-21
- Outcome
- Mars 1 returned engineering and scientific observations before communications ceased on 1963-03-21 while it was en route to Mars; the probe therefore completed no controlled flyby data return.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1962-11-01
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 07:14:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 07:14:29 UTC
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