Ahuman mission to Mars has been seen inscience fiction since the 1880s, and ofaerospace engineering and scientific proposals since the late 1940s.
Plans include landing onMars for exploration at a minimum, with some thinking about exploring its moonsPhobos andDeimos.
Long term proposals have includedsending settlers and startingterraforming the planet.
Theexploration of Mars has been a goal of national space programs for many years with planned missions typically being stated as taking place anywhere between 10 and 30 years.
Plans for a human mission to Mars may include a small group (between two and eightastronauts) would visit Mars for a period of a few weeks or year.[1]
Landedspacecraft on the surface of Mars are:Mars 3,Viking 1,Viking 2,Mars Pathfinder andSojourner,Spirit,Opportunity,Phoenix,Curiosity,InSight,Beagle2 andPerseverance.
In April 2021, theMars Oxygen ISRU Experiment was able to createoxygen in theMartian atmosphere by usingcarbon dioxide.[2] Many believe this is the first step for ahuman mission to Mars as it will help humans create breathableoxygen.[2]
