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> Russia/USSR tried multiple times and didn't succeed. Pedant mode: the USSR did land softly on Mars, but the lander got caught in a dust storm and was not abl
by cyberax 2y ago
> Russia/USSR tried multiple times and didn't succeed.
Pedant mode: the USSR did land softly on Mars, but the lander got caught in a dust storm and was not able to transmit back the data ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3 ).
- m4rtink 2y agoThe european Beagle 2 probe apparently survived as well, but failed to deploy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_2 But other than that, yeah, there are two Schiaparelli craters now on Mars. :P (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM)