Mission Mars
Mars History
Spacecraft exploration of Mars began in 1964
 with Mariner 4
Mariner 4 reached the red planet on July 15 1964
3 more mariner spacecraft mariner 6,7, and 9
 successfully orbited mars by the end of 1971
Previous attempts by both the USSR and United
 States to send a spacecraft to mars and failed
Mars Purpose

Mars was named after the bloody red god of
 war of the ancient Romans.
Mars is red because it is rusty.
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Mars manned/unmanned
A person went to mars and did mars
 mission
In 2012 a private mission project called
 mars one, was announced aiming to
 establish settlement on mars in 2023
Red dragon is proposed concept for a low
 lost mars lander mission that would utilize
 a space x falcon
Mars vehicle
A rover was launched to mars from Florida Cape
 Canaveral air force station it is in orbit now
It was launched on November 26, 2011
The rover arrived on Mars on August 6, 2012
In 1971 the soviet space program scored a major
 success by putting the first spacecraft into
 Martian orbit and even touching a lander vehicle
 down on its surface
Interesting Facts

In 1877, an Italian astronomer, Giovanni
 Schiaparelli, announced that he had seen long,
 straight lines on Mars.
He called them canale, or channels
A hundred pound man would weigh 38 pounds on
 Mars
Mars has 2 moons called Phobos, and Deimos, the
 largest is only 37 kilometers
Mars Rover Pictures
Mars pictures
Layers of Mars
Mars
 Mars is a cold planet, much colder than earth
 it is 95% carbon dioxide
A summer day in mars may get up to 70
 degrees F
spring is the longest season at seven
 months. Summer and fall are both about
 six months long. Winter is only four
 months long.
•By: Monique
 Yescas, Karen
 Valencia, And Saul
 Villa

Mars

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    Mars History Spacecraft explorationof Mars began in 1964 with Mariner 4 Mariner 4 reached the red planet on July 15 1964 3 more mariner spacecraft mariner 6,7, and 9 successfully orbited mars by the end of 1971 Previous attempts by both the USSR and United States to send a spacecraft to mars and failed
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    Mars Purpose Mars wasnamed after the bloody red god of war of the ancient Romans. Mars is red because it is rusty. 
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    Mars manned/unmanned A personwent to mars and did mars mission In 2012 a private mission project called mars one, was announced aiming to establish settlement on mars in 2023 Red dragon is proposed concept for a low lost mars lander mission that would utilize a space x falcon
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    Mars vehicle A roverwas launched to mars from Florida Cape Canaveral air force station it is in orbit now It was launched on November 26, 2011 The rover arrived on Mars on August 6, 2012 In 1971 the soviet space program scored a major success by putting the first spacecraft into Martian orbit and even touching a lander vehicle down on its surface
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    Interesting Facts In 1877,an Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli, announced that he had seen long, straight lines on Mars. He called them canale, or channels A hundred pound man would weigh 38 pounds on Mars Mars has 2 moons called Phobos, and Deimos, the largest is only 37 kilometers
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    Mars  Mars isa cold planet, much colder than earth  it is 95% carbon dioxide A summer day in mars may get up to 70 degrees F spring is the longest season at seven months. Summer and fall are both about six months long. Winter is only four months long.
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    •By: Monique Yescas,Karen Valencia, And Saul Villa