It didn't a small object hit it and the connection was lost. However, it did flyby Mars on July 14 and 15, 1965.
the first spacecraft to explore mars is the mariner 4
Mariner 4 was the first ship to visit Mars.
mariner 4
Mariner 4
Mariner 4 was the first ship to visit Mars.
the Mariner 4 launched in 1964 by NASA
The 1st space craft that went to Mars was the American Mariner 4 spacecraft. This was in the year 1971.
Mariner 4 went to Mars on Nov. 28, 1964 and came back to Earth on Jul. 14, 1965
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.
Mariner 4 in 1964
The first spacecraft to fly by Mars was Mariner 4 on Jul,14, 1965 (launched Nov,28,1964). Mariner 4 sent 21 photos.
It did not land, but it did a successful fly by in 1965.