"Man on Mars" redirects here. For the song, see Man on Mars (song).
Concept for a Mars base, with ice home, pressurized rover, and Mars suits, 2016
The idea of sending humans to Mars has been the subject of aerospace engineering and scientific studies since the late 1940s as part of the broader exploration of Mars.[1] Long-term proposals have included sending settlers and terraforming the planet. Currently, only robotic landers and rovers have been on Mars. The farthest humans have been beyond Earth is the Moon, under the NASA's Apollo program.
Conceptual proposals for missions that would involve human explorers started in the early 1950s, with planned missions typically being stated as taking place between 10 and 30 years from the time they are drafted.[2] The list of crewed Mars mission plans shows the various mission proposals that have been put forth by multiple organizations and space agencies in this field of space exploration. The plans for these crews have varied—from scientific expeditions, in which a small group (between two and eight astronauts) would visit Mars for a period of a few weeks or more, to a continuous presence (e.g. through research stations, colonization, or other continuous habitation).[citation needed] Some have also considered exploring the Martian moons of Phobos and Deimos.[3] By 2020, virtual visits to Mars, using haptic technologies, had also been proposed.[4]
Meanwhile, the uncrewed exploration of Mars has been a goal of national space programs for decades, and was first achieved in 1965 with the Mariner 4 flyby. Human missions to Mars have been part of science fiction since the 1880s, and more broadly, in fiction, Mars is a frequent target of exploration and settlement in books, graphic novels, and films. The concept of a Martian as something living on Mars is part of the fiction. Proposals for human missions to Mars have come from agencies such as NASA, CNSA, the European Space Agency, Boeing, SpaceX, and space advocacy groups such as the Mars Society and The Planetary Society.
^Rich, Nathaniel (25 February 2024). "Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Mars? - NASA is conducting tests on what might be the greatest challenge of a Mars mission: the trauma of isolation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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^JAXA (2021-09-20). "Japan Space Agency: Why We're Exploring the Moons of Mars". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^Von Drehle, David (15 December 2020). "Humans don't have to set foot on Mars to visit it". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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