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Has anyone ever been to Mars?
No human has ever set foot on Mars, but the Soviets first started sending unmanned space probes to Mars back in the 1960s.
The first successful space probe to orbit Mars was Nasa’s Mariner 4, which happened in 1965.
Then, Soviet probes landed on the Red Planet’s surface in 1971.
Since then, several spacecraft have been sent to explore Mars, but no human beings.
Nasa once revealed the aim of putting a person on Mars by 2037.