Spacecraft
The rovers, landers, and probes that do the exploring.
10 entries.
Curiosity
Rover · Active
The car-sized nuclear-powered rover of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, exploring Gale crater since 2012.
Perseverance
Rover · Active
NASA's Mars 2020 rover, seeking signs of ancient life and caching rock cores in Jezero crater.
Ingenuity
Helicopter · Completed
A small helicopter that achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, scouting ahead of Perseverance.
Opportunity
Rover · Completed
A Mars Exploration Rover that operated for nearly 15 years in Meridiani Planum.
Spirit
Rover · Completed
A Mars Exploration Rover that explored Gusev crater and found evidence of past water.
Huygens
Lander / atmospheric probe · Completed
The ESA probe that descended through Titan's atmosphere and landed on its surface in 2005, the first landing in the outer solar system.
Sojourner
Rover · Completed
The microwave-oven-sized rover of Mars Pathfinder, the first wheeled vehicle to operate on Mars.
Philae
Lander · Completed
The Rosetta mission's lander, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a comet, in 2014.
Lunokhod 1
Rover · Completed
The first robotic rover to operate on the surface of another world, delivered to the Moon by Luna 17.
Zhurong
Rover · Completed
China's first Mars rover, delivered by the Tianwen-1 mission to Utopia Planitia.