197155y ago
Landing
Mars 3 — first soft Mars landing
The Soviet Mars 3 lander survived its descent through a planet-wide dust storm, transmitted for 14.5 seconds, then went silent — the first signal from the Martian surface.
On This Day in Space
The Soviet Mars 3 lander survived its descent through a planet-wide dust storm, transmitted for 14.5 seconds, then went silent — the first signal from the Martian surface.