Astronomy & Space Science · Recorded milestone
Mars rovers
Recorded year1997
Sojourner, then Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity and Perseverance roam Mars, drilling rocks and caching samples for return.
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- RadarRecorded · 1935requires
- Atomic clockRecorded · 1955requires
- Radioisotope power generatorRecorded · 1961enables
- Moon landingRecorded · 1969enables
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971enables
Led to
- Robot research stations on MarsRecorded · 2012enables
- Helicopter flies on MarsRecorded · 2021enables
- Oxygen made on MarsRecorded · 2021enables
- Mars samples returned to EarthForecast · ~2031enables
- Humans on MarsForecast · ~2042enables
- Autonomous deep-space explorersForecast · ~2045enables
- Street-level map of MarsForecast · ~2068enables
- Life beyond Earth confirmedForecast · ~2080enables
- Search for life in Mars aquifersForecast · ~2092enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.