opportunity was the name of the first rover to land on mars.
what was the name of the first rover to land on mars?
opportunity
the first extraterrestrial planetary surface to be explored was the lunar surface by luna 2 in 1959. the first and only human exploration of an extraterrestrial surface was the moon, the apollo program included the first moonwalk on july 20, 1969 and successful return of extraterrestrial surface samples to earth. venera 7 was the first landing of a probe on another planet on december 15, 1970. mars 3 "soft landed" and returned data from mars on august 22, 1972, the first rover on mars was mars pathfinder in 1997, the mars exploration rover has been studying the surface of the red planet since 2004. near shoemaker was the first to soft land on an asteroid – 433 eros in february 2001 while hayabusa was the first to return samples from 25143 itokawa on 13 june 2010. huygens soft landed and returned data from titan on january 14, 2005.
planetary surface
section::::see also.





























bullet::::- autonomous robot





























bullet::::- composition of mars





























bullet::::- "curiosity" rover





























bullet::::- exploration of mars





























bullet::::- "insight", launched in 2018





























bullet::::- life on mars





























bullet::::- list of missions to mars





























bullet::::- list of rocks on mars





























bullet::::- mars 2020





























bullet::::- "opportunity" mission timeline





























bullet::::- "rosalind franklin" rover, launch planned for 2020





























bullet::::- "sojourner", the first rover on mars





























bullet::::- scientific information from the mars exploration rover mission





























bullet::::- space exploration





























bullet::::- "spirit" rover





























bullet::::- viking program





























section::::external links.





























section::::external links.:nasa links.





























bullet::::- nasa/jpl mission page





























bullet::::- sunrise on mars – video (02:10) (nasa; november 7, 2018)
opportunity (rover)