1897, 25th June
The first probe to land on Mars was called, the Hubble space craft.
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.
viking 1
MARS
The first successful Mars probe, Mars 1, was launched from the USSR on November 1, 1962. The most recent probe, India's Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission), was launched on November 5, 2013, and reached Martian orbit on September 24, 2014.
known by my knowledge it is mars 2 c'OS mars 1 did not have successful landing both of them are probes of the soviet union
Although it is not certain that "Beagle 2" actually crashed onto Mars, it was due to land on the surface on 25th December 2003
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The probe launched on November 26, 2011 is called the Mars Science Laboratory, and includes a new larger rover called Curiosity. The probe will arrive at Mars in August 2012.
The Russian space probe Mars 2 went to space in the year of 1973.
Pathfinder is expected to land in May 2008. Before this, it was the Opportunity rover in 2004.
The Viking 1 lander is generally regarded as the first major probe that has landed on Mars. It landed in 1976. It was the first man made object to land on the surface of Mars.