#mars 2

[er-cryptid]

Mars

-- fourth planet from the sun

-- 1.52 AU from the sun

-- named after the god of war

-- first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965

-- Mars 2 was the first spacecraft to land on Mars

-- orbit is significantly elliptical

-- average temperature is -55 C or -67 F

-- temperature range is -133 C to 27 C, or -207 F to 80 F

-- Olympus Mons = highest mountain in the solar system

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[marsmissiontournament]

Round 2 Match 6.5

Mars 2 vs Spirit

Read about Mars 2 and the Spirit rover.

Which Mars Mission is your favourite?

Mars 2

Spirit

Voting ended onApr 25, 2023

[marsmissiontournament]

Mars Mission Tournament Round 2 Match 5

Mariner 4 vs Mars 2

Read about Mariner 4 here and Mars 2 here.

Which Mars mission is your favourite?

Mariner 4

Mars 2

Voting ended onApr 22, 2023

[marsmissiontournament]

Mars Mission Tournament Round 1 Match 3

Mars 2 vs Mars 3

(only one picture because I cannot stress enough they are identical)

Read about them here.

Which early soviet flyby is your favourite?

Mars 2

Mars 3

Voting ended onApr 20, 2023

[marsmissiontournament]

Meet the Contestants: Mars 2 & 3

Mars 3 [IKI]

Mars 2 and 3 were identical orbiter/lander missions launched by the USSR in 1971.  Both were intended to land small rovers which would explore Mars’ surface and communicate with the orbiters.

Mars 2 launched May 19, 1971 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and reached Mars orbit on November 27, 1971, just shy of 2 weeks after Mariner 9. The lander separated less than 5 hours later, and descended much faster than intended, crashing at an unknown location on the Martian surface and becoming the first human-made object to impact Mars.

Mars 3 launched 9 days after Mars 2, on May 28, and reached Mars on December 2. Again, the lander separated shortly after reaching Mars orbit, but unlike Mars 2, it achieved a soft landing on the Martian surface, becoming the first object to do so. The lander began to transmit but cut off after 20 seconds. Signal was not re-established.

Both orbiters remained operational until August of 1972. They both mapped the surface and returned data on the makeup of the atmosphere, surface temperatures and the martian gravitational and magnetic fields.

Learn more at the NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive.

Tune in for round 1 of the Mars Mission Tournament, when these missions go head to head.

[frenchcarssince1946]

1968 Marsonetto Mars-2

My tumblr-blogs: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/germancarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/frenchcarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/englishcarssince1946

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Mars 2 by Gabriel Romero

[simonpeng]

Here's a fake google doodle I made for school, commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the Mars 2 probe being the first man-made object to reach the surface of mars. Had lots of fun making these guys move around while maintaining the piece's functionality as an illustration.