Mars Data

The following page contains data sets and tools related to Mars missions. The IPDA maintains a glossary of agency acronyms. Links will open in a new tab.

Mars Missions

Mission Name	Mission Type	Agency	Data Set Interval or Flyby Time	Location of Information or Data
Mariner 4	Flyby	NASA	No PDS Archive	NSSDCA
Mariner 6	Flyby	NASA	July 31, 1969	NASA PDS/GEO NSSDCA NASA PDS/IMG
Mariner 7	Flyby	NASA	August 5, 1969	NASA PDS/GEO NSSDCA NASA PDS/IMG
Mariner 9	Orbiter	NASA	November 14, 1971 – October 27, 1972	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/PPI NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Viking 1	Orbiter	NASA	June 19, 1976 – August 17, 1980	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Viking 1	Lander	NASA	July 20, 1976 – November 13, 1982	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Viking 2	Orbiter	NASA	August 7, 1976 – July 25, 1978	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Viking 2	Lander	NASA	September 3, 1976 – April 11, 1980	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Phobos 2	Orbiter	IKFIA	July 12, 1988 – March 27, 1989	NASA PDS/SBN NSSDCA GSFC/CDAWeb CNES/CDPP AMDA/CDPP
Mars Observer	Orbiter	CNES/RSA/NASA	September 25, 1992 – August 21, 1993	NSSDCA
Mars Pathfinder/Sojourner	Lander & Rover	NASA	July 4, 1997 – September 27, 1997	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Mars Global Surveyor	Orbiter	NASA	September 12, 1997 – November 2, 2006	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/PPI NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG AMDA/CDPP
2001 Mars Odyssey	Orbiter	NASA	October 24, 2001- ongoing	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/PPI NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Mars Express	Orbiter	ESA	December 25, 2003 – ongoing	ESA/PSA NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/PPI NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG AMDA/CDPP
MER-A “Spirit”	Rover	NASA	January 4, 2004 – March 22, 2010	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
MER-B “Opportunity”	Rover	NASA	January 25, 2004 – June 10, 2018	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter	Orbiter	NASA	March 10, 2006 – ongoing	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Phoenix	Lander	NASA	May 25, 2008 – November 10, 2008	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
MSL Curiosity	Rover	NASA	August 6, 2012 – ongoing	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/PPI NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG GSFC/CDAWeb
Mangalyaan / Mars Orbiter Mission	Orbiter	ISRO	September 24, 2014 – April 2022	ISRO ISRO/ISSDC ISRO/ISSDC
MAVEN	Orbiter	NASA	September 25, 2014 – ongoing	NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/PPI GSFC/CDAWeb AMDA/CDPP
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (ExoMaars 2016)	Orbiter	ESA/RKA	October 10, 2016 – ongoing	ESA/PSA NASA PDS/ATM ESA/PSA
InSight	Lander	NASA	November 26, 2018 – December 15, 2022	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/PPI NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
MarCO A “WALL-E”	Flyby	NASA	November 26, 2018	NASA Science
MarCO B “EVE”	Flyby	NASA	November 26, 2018	NASA Science
Emirates Mars Mission/HOPE	Orbiter	UAE	February 9, 2021 – ongoing	UAE
Mars 2020 Perseverance	Rover	NASA	February 18, 2021 – ongoing	NASA PDS/GEO NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/IMG
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity	Autonomous UAV helicopter	NASA	April 3, 2021 – ongoing	NASA Science
ExoMars	Rover and lander	ESA	2028	ESA/PSA
ZhengHe		CNSA	2024 (launch)
Next Mars Orbiter (NeMO)	Orbiter, lander, and ascender	NASA/ESA	2026	NASA Science
Next Mars Orbiter (NeMO)	Orbiter	NASA	Late 2020s	NASA Science
MMX Phobos sample return	Sample return	JAXA	2025	JAXA GSFC/CDAWeb CNES/CDPP
MMX Phobos Rover	Rover	CNES/DLR	2025	JAXA GSFC/CDAWeb CNES/CEPP
Europa Clipper flyby	Sample return	NASA	February 2025	NASA/JPL

Non-Mars Missions with Mars Data

Mission Name	Mission Type	Agency	Time of Flybys	Location of Information or Data
Hayabusa	Flyby	JAXA	November 11, 2003 and November 18, 2003	NASA PDS/SBN
Rosetta	Flyby	ESA	February 25, 2007	ESA/PSA ESA/PSA NASA PDS/SBN
Dawn	Flyby	NASA	February 17, 2009	NASA PDS/SBN
EPOXI	Flyby	NASA	November 20-21, 2009	NASA PDS/SBN
Psyche	Flyby	NASA	2023	NASA/JPL

Additional Mars Data Sets and Tools

Product Name	Agency	Data Set Interval	Location of Information or Data
Mars Orbital Data Explorer	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
PDS Image Atlas	NASA		NASA PDS/IMG
Map-A-Planet	NASA		NASA PDS/IMG
PILOT	NASA		NASA, USGS
Perseverance (Mars 2020) Analyst’s Notebook	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
Curiosity MSL Analyst’s Notebook	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
InSight Analyst’s Notebook	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
Opportunity and Spirit MER Analyst’s Notebook	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
Phoenix Analyst’s Notebook	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
OPUS – HST access	NASA		NASA PDS/RMS
Mars Trek	NASA		NASA/JPL
Navigation and Related Observation Geometry	NASA		NASA PDS/NAIF
Pre-Magellan CD-ROM	NASA	1968-1990	NASA PDS/GEO
HST Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Observations of Mars	NASA	April 27, 1999 and September 4, 2001	NASA PDS/GEO
Mars Target Encyclopedia	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
Mars Analog Soil BUG Observations	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO
Mars Analog Handlens-Scale Image Data Base	NASA		NASA PDS/GEO