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The US and the Soviet Union made several failed attempts to launch a spacecraft to Mars.

The Soviet's Mars 1 was the first spacecraft successfully placed on a course toward Mars. It was supposed to do a fly-by. Contact with it was lost while on the way -- it may have passed near the planet.

The US spacecraft Mariner 4 completed the first confirmed Mars fly-by on July 14, 1965

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