#Facts about Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and last terrestrial
Planets and is around 227,940,000 km from the sun.

The planet is is named after Mars,the Roman god of warIn ancient Roman religion and myth, Mars (Latin: Mārs, [maːrs]) was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army. 

Only 16 of the 39 Mars mission have benn succseful