page_title: Mars 1M
hierarchical_section_title: Mars 1M
caption_attribution_description: This picture shows a Marsnik spacecraft. Both were identical. It was originally found on http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=MARSNK1
context_page_description: Mars 1M was a series of two unmanned spacecraft which were used in the first Soviet missions to explore Mars. They were the earliest missions of the Mars program. The Western media dubbed the spacecraft "Marsnik", a portmanteau of Mars and Sputnik.
context_section_description: Mars 1M was a series of two unmanned spacecraft which were used in the first Soviet missions to explore Mars. They were the earliest missions of the Mars program. The Western media dubbed the spacecraft "Marsnik", a portmanteau of Mars and Sputnik.
caption: Mars 1M spacecraft
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