1962

1. 1962-11-01 launch

   Mars-1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Mars-1

   • Space transportation

   Mars 1, also known as 1962 Beta Nu 1, Mars 2MV-4 and Sputnik 23, was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, the first of the Soviet Mars probe program, with the intent…