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There have been space probes that have reached Mars. (Space probes- a scientific space exploration mission in which a robotic space craft leaves the gravity well of Earth and gathers information about other bodies.)The first probe to attempt to go to Mars was Mars1. But Mars2 was the first probe to actually land on Mars. The other probes that have landed on Mars are Mars3, Mars6, Viking1, Viking2, Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity, and Phoenix.

Viking 1: Face on Mars



About twenty five years ago a funny thing happened on Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was exploring the planet, taking photo shots of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2. It soon spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. It was an enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia.