After six months of effort, an instrument that helps the Mars rover look for potential signs of ancient microbial life has come back online.
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Mars Curiosity Passes 4,000 Days Doing Astrobiology And Astrogeology
Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science. The rover recently drilled its 39th sample […]
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Mars: New Evidence Of An Environment Conducive To The Emergence Of Life
The surface of Mars, unlike the Earth’s, is not constantly renewed by plate tectonics. This has resulted in the preservation of huge areas of terrain remarkable for their abundance in […]