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2013 Event - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft transmits images that for the very first time, allow scientists to create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of Mars 2013 Event - Calcium deposits found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover; the deposits are similar to deposits formed on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures 2012 Event - NASA's Curiosity rover continues to make small discoveries as the organization works to discredit rumors of evidence of life on Mars 2012 Event - For the first time, Curiosity, the Mars rover, discovers what could be determined as direct evidence of a fast-moving stream bed, a prior watersource, on Mars 2012 Event - Curiosity, the Mars rover, broadcasts its first audio recording of a human voice from the surface of another planet 2012 Event - The Curiosity rover controlled by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, lands safely on the surface of Mars 2011 Event - The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2011 Event - The European Space Agency makes contact with the Fobos-Grunt probe 48 hours after the spacecraft's window for launch to Mars closes 2011 Event - A team of divers discover the wreck of a Swedish warship, possibly Mars, the head of king Erik XIV's fleet which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1564 2008 Event - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands in the polar region on Mars 2006 Event - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit 2005 Event - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches 2004 Death - William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the 1960s, dies at 93 2000 Event - Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon 1999 Death - "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95 1997 Event - U.S. space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars 1997 Event - "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event - "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event - Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit 1996 Event - NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral 1996 Event - NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars 1993 Event - Mars Observer comes closest to Mars 1993 Event - NASA loses contact with Mars Observer 1993 Event - Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 1993 Event - Motley Crue's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn 1992 Event - U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle 1990 Death - Peter Dunn, actor (Invaders from Mars) dies 1989 Event - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 Event - U.S.S.R. announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars 1988 Event - NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars 1984 Event - Transit of Earth as seen on Mars 1976 Event - Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity 1976 Event - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars and returns photos 1976 Event - Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars 1976 Event - U.S. Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing 1976 Event - Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars 1976 Birthday - Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box 1975 Event - Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley 1975 Event - Viking 2 Mars probe launch 1975 Event - Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing 1975 Event - Wings release "Venus and Mars" album 1975 Event - Paul McCartney releases "Venus and Mars" 1973 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 7 1973 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 6 1973 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 5 1973 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet 1972 Event - Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars 1971 Event - Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars 1971 Event - Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1971 Death - Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65 1971 Event - Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet, Mars 1971 Event - U.S. Mariner 9, 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched 1971 Event - U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 1971 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 7 flies past Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 6 sends close-up photo's of Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 6 flies past Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars 1969 Event - Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby 1968 Birthday - Lisa Marie [Sliwa], born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actress, Mars Attack 1965 Event - "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars 1965 Event - U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) 1965 Event - JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return 1964 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned 1964 Event - Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars 1964 Event - U.S. launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned 1962 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars 1962 Event - Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1962 Event - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1951 Birthday - Mick Mars, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, rocker, heavy metal guitarist, played for glam metal band Motley Crue 1950 Birthday - Brad Dourif, West Virginia, actor, Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty 1941 Birthday - Paul Winfield, Louisiana, actor, Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack 1933 Birthday - Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut 1924 Event - Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century 1920 Birthday - Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions 1918 Birthday - Marguerite Chapman, born in Chatham, New York, actress, Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars 1915 Birthday - Lester del Rey, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars 1913 Death - Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies 1911 Birthday - Leif Erickson, California, actor, Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront 1910 Death - Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 1895 Birthday - Charles Lamont, born in San Francisco, California, director, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1877 Event - Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos 1877 Event - Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos 1875 Birthday - Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S., sci-fi author, Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga 1842 Birthday - Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy 1835 Birthday - Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars 1829 Birthday - Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos 1777 Death - Guillaume Coustou, Jr., French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 1642 Death - Cinq Mars, French plotter, executed |
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