The mars global surveyor encountered many complications.
On November 2, 2006, NASA lost contact with the spacecraft after commanding it to adjust its solar panels. A few days later a signal was transmitted to NASA confirming the space craft was in safe mode.
NASA believes the space craft had battery shortage.
but the truth will never be accounted.
Sandra Cuellar
*mars odyssey *mars global surveyor *mars pathfinder
Mars.
The mars global surveyor was launched in November 1996. the mission later had complications and was canceled in April 2007. Sandra Cuellar
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars in 1997.
The Global Surveyor was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 7, 1996. It began surveying and mapping Mars from orbit, in March 1998.
NASA's mariner 4,6,7 and 9 NASA's viking land 2 the mars global surveyor and the pathfinder
The two missions to Mars that ended in failure are the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999, which crashed due to a navigation error, and the Mars Polar Lander in 1999, which likely crashed during its descent.
The first successful mission to send a satellite to Mars was the Mariner 4 mission in 1964, which conducted a flyby of the planet. Subsequent missions like the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and MAVEN have all sent satellites to orbit or study Mars.
I know Vikings 1 and 2 have. Also, some ships that have been there are: Mariner 4, Mariner 9, Pathfinder and Global Surveyor.
In November 1996, the Mars Global Surveyor was launched by NASA, which successfully entered Mars' orbit in September 1997. This spacecraft provided valuable data and images of the Martian surface for several years.
The "Face" on Mars that was captured by early space probe Viking 1 in 1976, was again captured by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor in 1998, using HD cameras. It shows that it's just a natural rock mesa formation. You can view a HD pic of it at the link below.
Mars has constantly been visited by spacecrafts. The first spacecraft to visit Mars was the Mariner 4. After that Mars has been visited by numerous spacecrafts like: Mars Pathfinder, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express and the Mars 2 which was the first spacecraft to land on Mars.