where and when did the space probe to mars take off?

Answer 1

My first response would be, "Which Mars probe"? However, all US missions to Mars launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida (Manned missions launch from the neighboring Kennedy Space Center). European Space Agency missions lift off from French Guiana, near the equator in South America. I've added the chronology of Mars missions to the botom of the Source List below.

Answer 2

The rovers that are now on Mars took off from Cape Canaveral in 2003. But they are not the only probes sent to Mars, there have been many others.

Answer 3

Here are all of them:


* Mars 1960A (Soviet Union, 1960) - failure
* Mars 1960B (Soviet Union, 1960) - failure
* Mars 1962A (Soviet Union, 1962) - failure - flyby
* Mars 1 (Soviet Union, 1962) - failure - flyby
* Mars 1962B (Soviet Union, 1962) - failure - lander
* Mariner 3 (USA, 1964) - failure - flyby
* Zond 2 (Soviet Union, 1964) - failure - flyby
* Mariner 4 (USA, 1964) - success - flyby
* Mariner 6 (USA, 1969) - success - flyby
* Mariner 7 (USA, 1969) - success - flyby
* Mariner 8 (USA, 1971) - failure - orbiter
* Mariner 9 (USA, 1971) - success - orbiter
* Mars 2 (Soviet Union, 1971) - partial success - orbiter
o Mars 2 Lander (Soviet Union, 1971) - failure - lander
* Mars 3 (Soviet Union, 1971) - partial failure - orbiter
o Mars 3 Lander (Soviet Union, 1971) - failure - lander
* Cosmos 419 (Soviet Union, 1971) - failure
* Mars 4 (Soviet Union, 1973) - failure - orbiter
* Mars 5 (Soviet Union, 1973) - success - orbiter
* Mars 6 (Soviet Union, 1973) - success - flyby
o Mars 6 Lander (Soviet Union, 1973) - failure - lander
* Mars 7 (Soviet Union, 1973) - success - flyby
o Mars 7 Lander (Soviet Union, 1973) - failure - lander
* Viking 1 Orbiter (USA, 1976-80) - success - orbiter
o Viking 1 Lander (USA, 1976-82) - success - lander
* Viking 2 Orbiter (USA, 1976-78) - success - orbiter
o Viking 2 Lander (USA, 1976-80) - success - lander
* Phobos 1 (Soviet Union, 1988) - failure - orbiter
* Phobos 2 (Soviet Union, 1988) - partial success - orbiter
* Mars Observer (USA, 1992) - failure - orbiter
* Mars 96 (Russia, 1997) - failure - orbiter
o ??? (Russia, 1997) - failure - lander
o ??? (Russia, 1997) - failure - lander
o ??? (Russia, 1997) - failure - penetrator
o ??? (Russia, 1997) - failure - penetrator
* Mars Pathfinder (USA, 1997) - success - lander
o Sojourner (USA, 1997) - success - rover
* Mars Global Surveyor (USA, 1997-2006) - success - orbiter
* Mars Climate Orbiter (USA, 1998) - failure - orbiter
* Mars Polar Lander (USA, 1998) - failure - lander
o Deep Space 2 "Amundsen" (USA, 1998) - failure - penetrator
o Deep Space 2 "Scott" (USA, 1998) - failure - penetrator
* 2001 Mars Odyssey (USA, 2001-??) - in orbit - orbiter (still active)
* Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander (USA, 2001) - cancelled - lander
* Nozomi (Japan, 2003) - failure - orbiter
* MER-A "Spirit" (USA, 2004-??) - success - rover (still active)
* MER-B "Opportunity" (USA, 2004-??) - success - rover (still active)
* Mars Express (ESA, 2004-??) - success - orbiter (still active)
o Beagle 2 (UK, 2004) - failure - lander
* Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (USA, 2006-??) - success - orbiter (still active)
* Rosetta (ESA, 2007) - success - flyby

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* Phoenix (USA, 2008) - under construction - lander
* Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (USA, 2010) - cancelled - orbiter
* Mars Science Laboratory (USA, 2010) - under construction - rover
* ExoMars (ESA, 2013) - planned - rover

Answer 4

Which one? There's been about a dozen.