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[[File: Martian habitat with colonists.jpg|upright=1.5|alt=An astronaut fixing machine on Mars and another heading back to the base|thumb|Artist conception of [[astronaut]]s working outside, near a large modular habitat]]
'''Colonization of Mars''' is the establishing of control over Marsian land for exploitation and particularly for the '''settlement of Mars'''.<ref name="
The prospect has garnered interest from public space agencies and private corporations and has been extensively explored [[Mars in fiction#Colonization|in science fiction writing, film, and art]]. Organizations have proposed plans for a [[human mission to Mars]], the first step towards any [[colonization]] effort, but thus far no person has set foot on the planet, and there have been no return missions. However, landers and [[Mars rover|rovers]] have successfully explored the planetary surface and delivered information about conditions on the ground.
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