Apr 19, 2023
Mars Mission Tournament Round 1 Match 8
Mars 5 vs Mars 6
Read about Mars 5 here and Mars 6 here.
Which of these later Soviet Mars missions is your favourite?
Mars 5
Mars 6
Voting ended onApr 20, 2023
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Mars Mission Tournament Round 1 Match 8
Mars 5 vs Mars 6
Read about Mars 5 here and Mars 6 here.
Which of these later Soviet Mars missions is your favourite?
Mars 5
Mars 6
Meet the Contestants: Mars 5
Mars 5 [NASA/NSSDC]
Mars 5 is a Mars orbiter launched by the USSR in July 1973, just days after Mars 4. It reached Mars orbit on February 12, 1974. Due to a micrometeoroid impact which damaged the orbiter, it operated for less than a month before the transmitter lost pressurisation.
During its lifetime, the spacecraft observed the atmosphere and the surface, returning data on composition, temperature and the planet’s ionosphere.
Read more about Mars 5 on the NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive.
Tune in for round 1 of the Mars Mission Tournament, when Mars 5 goes up against the lander/flyby pair, Mars 6.