A human mission to Mars has been the subject of science fiction, engineering, and scientific proposals throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. The plans comprise proposals to land on Mars, eventually settling on and terraforming the planet, while utilizing its moons, Phobos and Deimos.

The exploration of Mars has been a goal of national space programs for decades. Preliminary work for missions that would involve human explorers has been undertaken since the 1950s, with planned missions typically being cited as taking place 10 to 30 years in the future when they are drafted. The list of manned Mars mission plans in the 20th century shows the various mission proposals that have been put forth by multiple organizations and space agencies in this field of space exploration. Nonetheless, a human mission to Mars has been criticized for minimizing the "harsh realities and bitter truths that underlie the dream".

In terms of the current U.S. space program, NASA's long-term program Orion has a projected pace of development such that, as of late 2014, human spaceflight to Mars is anticipated in about 2035. That mission will be preceded by shorter flights for the up to four-person capsule involved, with experiments taking place to better the technologies protecting Mars-bound astronauts from the radiation of deep space. In October 2015, NASA presented the next steps in the effort in more detail, as well as a related health hazards report.

"Man on Mars" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, taken from their fourth studio album The Future Is Medieval (2011). It is the first Kaiser Chiefs single to feature drummer Nick Hodgson on lead vocals.

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A music video to accompany the release of "Man On Mars" was first released onto YouTube on 16 August 2011 at a total length of four minutes. The video consists entirely of footage of Kaiser Chiefs' trip to Japan, including footage of fans singing karaoke and some brief clips of their performance at Fuji Rock Festival 2011.

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