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 | | Their first Mars probe attempt was Mars 1960A which was launched on October 10th, 1960, which failed to reach an orbit around the Earth. |
 | | Then the Mars 7 probe was launched on August 9th, 1973, and reached Mars on March 6th, 1974, but both the orbiter and lander missed Mars as it they both flew by it. |
 | | The Mars Climate Orbiter was launched on December 11th, 1998 to reach Mars and studies different aspects of the Martian climate, but it was destroyed when it tried to enter the Martian atmosphere. |
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