<P> A number of nations and organizations have long - term intentions to send humans to Mars . </P> <Ul> <Li> The United States has robotic missions currently exploring Mars, with a sample - return planned for the future . The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is intended to serve as the launch / splashdown crew delivery vehicle, with a Deep Space Habitat module providing additional living - space for the 16 - month - long journey . The first manned Mars Mission, which will include sending astronauts to Mars, orbiting Mars, and a return to Earth, is scheduled for the 2030s . Technology development for US government missions to Mars is underway, but there is no well - funded approach to bring the conceptual project to completion with human landings on Mars by the mid-2030s, the stated objective . NASA is under presidential orders to land humans on Mars by 2033, and NASA - funded engineers are studying a way to build potential human habitats there by producing bricks from pressurized Martian soil . </Li> <Li> The European Space Agency has a long - term goal to send humans but has not yet built a manned spacecraft . It has sent robotic probes like ExoMars in 2016 and plans to send the next probe in 2020 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The United States has robotic missions currently exploring Mars, with a sample - return planned for the future . The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is intended to serve as the launch / splashdown crew delivery vehicle, with a Deep Space Habitat module providing additional living - space for the 16 - month - long journey . The first manned Mars Mission, which will include sending astronauts to Mars, orbiting Mars, and a return to Earth, is scheduled for the 2030s . Technology development for US government missions to Mars is underway, but there is no well - funded approach to bring the conceptual project to completion with human landings on Mars by the mid-2030s, the stated objective . NASA is under presidential orders to land humans on Mars by 2033, and NASA - funded engineers are studying a way to build potential human habitats there by producing bricks from pressurized Martian soil . </Li> <Li> The European Space Agency has a long - term goal to send humans but has not yet built a manned spacecraft . It has sent robotic probes like ExoMars in 2016 and plans to send the next probe in 2020 . </Li>

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