Mars 2 crash and PrOP-M
The first human-made object on Mars, on 27 November 1971, a crash because the entry angle was wrong. It carried the PrOP-M walking rover on a cable, the first rover ever sent to Mars, which was lost with it.
- Body: Mars
- Status: Crashed
- Agency: Soviet Union
- Position: 45.000° S, 47.000° E
- Date: 27 November 1971
- Crash site: Mars 2 lander
- Rover: PrOP-M, a ski-walking rover
- Monument: Soviet coat-of-arms pennant