Red Planet Day

When Celebrated

Always on November 28th

Gifty-ness

About the Holiday

Red Planet Day celebrates the planet Mars - our solar system neighbor, the fourth planet from the sun. November 28th, 1964 commemorates the launch of Mariner 4 which was the first spacecraft to obtain and transmit images of Mars. Mars has a reddish color because of iron in the soil. It was named after the ancient Roman god of war. Mars has the tallest volcano in our solar system named Olympus Mons which is 3x the height of Mount Everest.

November Info & More Holidays

Birthstone: Topaz Flower: Chrysanthemum Zodiac: Oct 24 - Nov 21 Scorpio Nov 22 - Dec 21 Sagittarius November Holidays November Birthdays

History of Thanksgiving International Holidays Weekly Observances Monthly Observances All Holidays