Machines vs Mars



Ever wonder how many machines we've sent to Mars? Wonder how many are still there?
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Footnotes, Further Reading & Resources:
Some of the best information I’ve come across relating to Mars exploration, and indeed anything going on in regards to manned and unmanned space exploration, is Andrew LePage’s website, www.drewexmachina.com. LePage really does his homework, uncovering the secrets behind the mysterious Zond 2 probe, illuminating the overall contributions and fate of Mariner 3 and providing a much-needed context for the early days of the interplanetary missions of the Soviet Union. If you are a fan of space exploration history, you owe it to yourself to bookmark this page (http://bit.ly/22sPyAp).
Ricardo Nunes’s website (http://bit.ly/24EgG1s) has some really interesting imagery and information regarding the Soviet Union’s Phobos missions. Ricardo was gracious enough to allow me to use some of the corrected imagery for this Curioh episode. Absolutely worth taking a look.
Donald Mitchell has a really great collection of Soviet and Russian images from Mars missions (http://bit.ly/1Td3dcx). This includes images from the Mars 3, Mars 4 and Mars 5 missions as well as the Phobos 2 mission and others. Highly recommended.
Amy Shira Teitel of Vintage Space, provided information about the first attempt rovers destined for Mars — the Prop-M rovers from the Soviet Union. Here she discusses these pioneering machines in a video for Scientific American (http://bit.ly/1ptMxkK). You can find her on Twitter, too (http://bit.ly/1PkyUP4).
Fun side note: Russian Rockets are interesting (http://bit.ly/1Uog24B)
Historicspacecraft.com has a fantastic list of Mars missions from various nations (http://bit.ly/1pvZIAW).
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