List of planned "Human Mars Missions" from 1952 to 2012

Artist Concept of Human Mars Missions

    Human mission to Mars have been a great challenge and dream to mankind in order to make human a multiplanetary species. The rocket scientist "Von Braun" was the first man to outline a sketch for manned mission to Mars. Depicting the plan, several space agencies portrayed many "Human mission plans since 20th century, but none of them were employed (i.e., launched or undertaken). Here are the list of crewed missions or planned Human mission to Mars from the year 1952 to 2012.

• 1952 - Von Braun Mars 
• 1954 - Stuhlinger Mars
• 1956 - Von Braun Mars
• 1958 - Martian Piloted Complex
• 1960 - Bono Mars
• 1960 - NASA Lewis Mars
• 1961 - TMK-1 flyby
• 1962 - Stuhlinger Mars
• 1962 - TMK-2 
• 1962 - EMPIRE - Aeronutronic
• 1962 - EMPIRE - General Dynamics
• 1962 - EMPIRE - Lockheed
• 1962 - TRW Mars Expedition
• 1963 - Faget Mars (Heavy)
• 1963 - Faget Mars (Light)
• 1963 - UMPIRE Douglas
• 1964 - Project Deimos
• 1965 - Douglas MORL Mars Flyby
• 1966 - NASA NERVA - Electric Mars
• 1966 - Korolev KK - TMK
• 1966 - Titus FLEM
• 1966 - Stuhlinger Mars
• 1968 - Boeing IMIS
• 1969 - Mars Expeditionary Complex (MEK)
• 1969 - Von Braun Mars
• 1971 - NASA Mars Expedition
• 1972 - Mars in 30 Days (Ragsdale)
• 1972 - MK-700
• 1974 - Chelomei (MK-700 Flyby)
• 1982 - British Interplanetary Society Mars
• 1983 - Planetary Society of Mars Expedition
• 1984 - Paine
• 1985 - NASA-LANL Manned Mars Flyby
• 1986 - NPO Energia Mars
• 1986 - Case for Mars II
• 1986 - NASA Ride Report
• 1988 - NASA Mars Evolution
• 1988 - NASA Mars Expedition
• 1988 - NASA Phobos Expedition
• 1989 - NASA 90 Day Study
• 1989 - NPO Energia Mars
• 1989 - Mars Evolution
• 1989 - NASA Mars Expedition
• 1991 - Mars Direct (Zubrin)
• 1991 - STCAEM CAB
• 1991 - STCAEM NEP
• 1991 - STCAEM NTR
• 1991 - STCAEM SEP
• 1991 - NASA Synthesis Study
• 1991 - International Space University
• 1993 -  NASA Design Reference Mission 1.0
• 1994 - Kurchatov Mars
• 1996 - Zubrin Athena
• 1997 - NASA Design Reference Mission 3
• 1998 - NASA Dual Lander Mission
• 1999 - Mars Society Mission
• 2000 - Marspost
• 2009 - Mars Design Reference Mission 5
• 2012 - Spacex Interplanetary Transport System
• 2013 - Inspiration Mars

Bold colored missions have time scale to achieve within 2035 to carry out Human Mars Mission. 

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