mariner 7
by shooting it to mars
Mariner 9 was launched successfully on May 30, 1971. This made it the first artificial satellite of Mars when it arrived and went into orbit.
Mariner 3 and 4were the first i believe but failed. Mariner 9 was launched successfully on May 30, 1971, and became the first artificial satellite of Mars when it arrived and went into orbit.
kidding LOL, I think that there was 3 satellites that been sent to Mars.(=
First ever satellite to land on the planet Mars was a Russian probe called Mars 2. Albeit it did not land but crashed. The first successful probe to land on Mars was Mars 3 sent by the Russians, however the probe was operational for 15 minutes after landing on Mars. The first American probe to land on Mars was the Viking 1 on the 20th of July 1976.
The Phoenix Mars lander is on the ground now! Use the link to the JPL/NASA posting on this mission. It is updated frequently.
spunik
The USSR's Sputnik was the first artificial satellite.
The first satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Russians on October 4th 1957.
Mariner 4
the first spacecraft to explore mars is the mariner 4