Six decades of missions to Mars
Paris (AFP) July 10, 2020
The six-decade space race to explore Mars has led to some 40 missions, at least half of which have been successful, and still the Red Planet inspires new adventures. A look back at some key Mars missions over the last 60 years: - 1960-1964: Soviet failures - At first, the Soviet Union leads the way, sending probes from 1960, just three years after it launched its first artificial sat
