The First Time We Landed on Mars

We've successfully landed 10 different craft on Mars, but they all owe a bit of their success to Mars 3.

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-045A
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-049A
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-049F
https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/every-mars-mission
https://history.nasa.gov/monograph15.pdf
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4419-8150-9_5

Image Sources

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/videos/?v=458
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mars3_lander_vsm.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mars3_iki.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_propm_rover.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luna_9_Musee_du_Bourget_P1010505.JPG
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/878/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-aerobraking/?site=insight
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/aviation-airplane-altimeter-gm639302892-115136369
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20201
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/pia17447.html#.YJHT92ZKhTZ
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/EAF_0002_0667110417_773ECV_N0010052EDLC00002_0010LUJ01
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/20172/mars-exploration-rover-entry-descent-and-landing-on-mars/