Their mission ended. Their story didn’t.

Meet the heroes
AI-generated illustration of old Mars and Moon rovers, landers and a helicopter crowding in for a group selfie

The famous ones

Different worlds.
Same curiosity.

All 15 machines

Their mission ended. Their story didn’t.

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Mars

The Martian family

Landers, rovers and a helicopter, from Viking 1 in 1976 to Ingenuity in 2024.

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Moon

The Lunar family

Probes that struck it on purpose, landers, and the first car driven on another world.

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Last signals

They had names, birthdays and last words, just like us.

How each one went quiet

3D model

Turn Opportunity in your hands.

Planned for 90 sols, Opportunity drove for more than 14 years. It crossed 45 km of Mars and found clear evidence that water once soaked its rocks.

driven
45.16 km driven
sols planned
90 sols planned
on Mars
14+ years on Mars
Opportunity’s story
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Touchdown · a short landing game on Mars and the Moon

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3D map

Resting among the stars.

Spin both worlds and find where each one stopped.

Where they rest