Life on Mars

Feeding off-world colonies: Leeks and tomatoes can be grown in Martian soil

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NASA’s InSight lander is drilling on Mars again, after being stuck for 6 months

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See both of NASA’s explorers, Curiosity and InSight, on the surface of Mars

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Remains of shallow, briny pools provide further evidence of liquid water on Mars

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New images reveal more about the history of water on Mars

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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover practices its crucial descent separation

Hear the sounds of Mars with these incredible audio samples from InSight

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Can the InSight lander free its stuck drill and continue exploring Mars?

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Pack your utensils: There will be macaroni and cheese on Mars

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Two new images show Mars’ icy poles and pockmarked surface

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NASA develops autonomous drill to search for life beneath the surface of Mars

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Spin me right round: Mars 2020 rover gets its balanced checked

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Mars was once an ocean-covered planet with a thick atmosphere like Earth’s

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European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover is constructed and ready to explore

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Autonomous helicopter joins its rover buddy for Mars 2020 mission

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Mars 2020: NASA launches student contest to name its Martian rover

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NASA scientists travel Down Under to simulate the environment of Mars

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NASA wants to send two more missions to Mars to collect rock samples

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Mars 2020 rover now has a rotating array of drill bits for sampling Martian rock

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NASA wants your help developing autonomous robots to explore other worlds

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Curiosity rover celebrates its 7th birthday by investigating a clay mystery

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Engineers test Mars 2020 rover’s vision, find it is 20/20

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What Bill Nye’s solar sail means for the future of space travel

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Watch NASA’s Mars rover train for its 2020 mission with some bicep curls

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Scientists re-create marsquakes here on Earth using data from InSight rover

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All systems nearing go: NASA fuels Mars 2020 rover’s plutonium power system

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Ingredient found in red wine could help astronauts thrive on the Red Planet

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Harvard University has a bold new plan to make Mars livable for humans

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Could Mars’ now-barren Gale Crater lake have once supported life?

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Mars 2020 rover enters its final year of engineering before launch

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Space food: Humble chili pepper to become first fruit grown in space

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NASA thinks 3D-printing spacecraft parts in orbit will help Moon to Mars mission

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See a gargantuan dust storm covering the north pole of Mars

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Meet NASA’s climbing robots, able to move through the slipperiest environments

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Orbiter spots Curiosity from space, shows our rover friend on surface of Mars

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Installation of SuperCam Mast Unit on Mars 2020 rover is a towering success

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Armed and ready: Mars 2020 rover is fitted with its robotic arm

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Methane mystery: Curiosity detects highest-ever levels of methane on Mars

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Ready to roll: Mars 2020 rover fitted with wheels ahead of mission next year

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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will pave the way for manned missions to Mars

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Ex astris, scientia: Star Trek logo spotted on the surface of Mars

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Mars lander simulator lets you take Opportunity rover for one last spin

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How to move a mole: NASA scientists design rescue operation for Mars lander

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NASA’s Mars Helicopter is ready to take to the red skies

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Mars 2020 will capture high-definition color images from the Jezero Crater

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Curiosity rover finds evidence that water once existed on the surface of Mars

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Caltech’s new CO2 recycler could be a game-changer for space exploration

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Mars 2020 spacecraft survives 8 days in a freezing cold vacuum chamber

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Whose name should we etch on the Mars 2020 rover? NASA wants a vote

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See a fly-over of Mars and track the path Curiosity will take up Mount Sharp

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