BUILD · THE FLEET · MARS
The Mars Fleet
Every machine that ever reached Mars, gathered in one place — to real scale.
Stand the whole surface fleet side by side, from the 65-centimetre Sojourner to the car-sized Perseverance and the nine-metre reach of InSight — American, Soviet, Chinese, Indian and European. Then switch to orbit and see every orbiter on its true path around the planet: MRO skimming low, MAVEN diving through the atmosphere, and India's Mangalyaan looping out tens of thousands of kilometres.
Every rover & lander at Mars — to true relative scale.
PREPARING THE SURFACE…
Every craft that reached Mars
The whole roster, as real machines. Where an agency publishes a 3D model we show it — NASA public-domain models and community models under Creative Commons. Where none exists, a faithful procedural twin is built from the craft's real dimensions, so nothing is missing.
On the surface — rovers, landers & the helicopter
| Craft | Agency | Type | Arrived | Size | Status | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sojourner | NASA | Rover | 1997 | 65 cm | Historic — first rover on Mars | Procedural twin |
| Spirit & Opportunity | NASA | Rover | 2004 | 1.6 m | Historic — Opportunity roved 45 km over 14 years | NASA 3D model |
| Curiosity | NASA | Rover | 2012 | 3 m | Operating | NASA 3D model |
| Perseverance | NASA | Rover | 2021 | 3 m | Operating | NASA 3D model |
| Ingenuity | NASA | Helicopter | 2021 | 1.2 m | Historic — 72 flights, 2021–2024 | NASA 3D model |
| Viking 1 & 2 | NASA | Lander | 1976 | 3 m | Historic — first US craft to operate on Mars | NASA 3D model |
| Mars Pathfinder | NASA | Lander | 1997 | 2.75 m | Historic — Carl Sagan Memorial Station | Procedural twin |
| Phoenix | NASA | Lander | 2008 | 5.52 m | Historic — confirmed water ice | Procedural twin |
| InSight | NASA | Lander | 2018 | 6 m | Historic — mission ended 2022 | NASA 3D model |
| Mars 3 | Roscosmos | Lander | 1971 | 1.2 m | Historic — first soft landing on Mars | Procedural twin |
| Zhurong | CNSA | Rover | 2021 | 3 m | Historic — China's first Mars rover | Procedural twin |
| Beagle 2 | ESA | Lander | 2003 | 1.9 m | Lost — found intact 2015 | Procedural twin |
In orbit — the orbiters
| Craft | Agency | Type | Arrived | Size | Status | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariner 9 | NASA | Orbiter | 1971 | 6.89 m | Historic — first to orbit another planet | Procedural twin |
| Mars Global Surveyor | NASA | Orbiter | 1997 | 12 m | Historic — mapped Mars 1997–2006 | NASA 3D model |
| Mars Odyssey | NASA | Orbiter | 2001 | 5.7 m | Operating — longest-lived Mars mission | NASA 3D model |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | NASA | Orbiter | 2006 | 13.6 m | Operating | NASA 3D model |
| MAVEN | NASA | Orbiter | 2014 | 11.43 m | Operating | NASA 3D model |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter | ESA | Orbiter | 2016 | 17.5 m | Operating | NASA 3D model |
| Mars Express | ESA | Orbiter | 2003 | 12 m | Operating | 3D model (CC BY) |
| Mangalyaan (MOM) | ISRO | Orbiter | 2014 | 5.6 m | Historic — India's first interplanetary mission | Procedural twin |
| Tianwen-1 | CNSA | Orbiter | 2021 | 8 m | Operating | Procedural twin |
| Hope (Al-Amal) | UAE | Orbiter | 2021 | 7.9 m | Operating | Procedural twin |
Model credits
NASA models are from NASA 3D Resources (public domain). Community models are used under CC BY 4.0: “Mars Express” by Seb_Avila. All other craft are interactive procedural twins.
Drive one yourself.
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Now the Moon.
The same, for every rover, lander and orbiter that reached the Moon.
Continue your journey — the real planet
Where it operates
World
Mars
Where it operates
Build it yourself
Build it
Surface Systems Laboratory — build the Mars Habitats
Build it yourself
Build it yourself
Build it
The Mars Yard — drive Perseverance
Build it yourself
The real mission
Mission
Perseverance (Mars 2020)
The real mission
The real rover
Mars rover
Curiosity (MSL)
The real rover
Fly the real mission
Experience
Perseverance
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