<Li> The United States has robotic missions currently exploring Mars , with a sample - return planned for the future . The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ( MPCV ) is intended to serve as the launch / splashdown crew delivery vehicle , with a Deep Space Habitat module providing additional living - space for the 16 - month - long journey . The first manned Mars Mission , which will include sending astronauts to Mars , orbiting Mars , and a return to Earth , is scheduled for the 2030s . Technology development for US government missions to Mars is underway , but there is no well - funded approach to bring the conceptual project to completion with human landings on Mars by the mid-2030s , the stated objective . NASA is under presidential orders to land humans on Mars by 2033 , and NASA - funded engineers are studying a way to build potential human habitats there by producing bricks from pressurized Martian soil . </Li>
<Li> The United States has robotic missions currently exploring Mars , with a sample - return planned for the future . The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ( MPCV ) is intended to serve as the launch / splashdown crew delivery vehicle , with a Deep Space Habitat module providing additional living - space for the 16 - month - long journey . The first manned Mars Mission , which will include sending astronauts to Mars , orbiting Mars , and a return to Earth , is scheduled for the 2030s . Technology development for US government missions to Mars is underway , but there is no well - funded approach to bring the conceptual project to completion with human landings on Mars by the mid-2030s , the stated objective . NASA is under presidential orders to land humans on Mars by 2033 , and NASA - funded engineers are studying a way to build potential human habitats there by producing bricks from pressurized Martian soil . </Li>
when is the first mission to mars planned
when is the first mission to mars planned
the 2030s
the 2030s