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A NASA lander tested Mars for life - then the result was too big to announce

In 1976, NASA’s Viking landers scooped up Martian soil and fed it radioactive nutrients to see whether anything inside would ...
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Ocean Miles Deep May Have Once Covered Region of Mars New Rover Will Land In

The rover will collect the samples from a region of Mars called Oxia Planum, a clay-rich, ancient plain on Mars, located just ...

ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

In the region where the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life, clay deposits extend beyond previous ...

After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine ...

NASA's Mars Helicopter Actually Breaks The Sound Barrier

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of ...
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NASA’s Mars mission MAVEN is lost forever

MAVEN was the first successful mission designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It also became a vital node of NASA’s ...
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NASA’s Curiosity drilled a Martian rock containing 21 organic molecules, seven of them never before detected on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified 21 carbon-containing molecules in a single Martian rock sample, seven of which had ...