• Key Information

  • Getting to Mars

  • Mission
    Getting to Mars
  • Rocket Stages
    1. To Orbit
    2. To Mars
    3. Into Orbit
    4. (Lander)
  • Learning Point
  • To get to Mars (or Duna in KSP), you need to wait until the time is right to get their in the quickest time and for the least fuel, then point away from Earth and use your engines until you would meet with the other planet.
  • Project
  • Design your own Mars spaceship.
  • Location
  • Final Orbit
    The final orbit around the planet
  • Fun Facts
  • There have been almost 50 mission to Mars (as of 2022), with many missions ending in failure.
  • Mars is often used to help propel space probes on to other destinations in our solar system.
  • The first flyby of Mars was 15 July, 1965 (Mariner 4), the first landing was on 2 December, 1971 (Mars 3), the first orbit was 30 May, 1971 (Mariner 9) and the first successful landing was 20 July, 1976 (Viking 1).