- Mars - Wikipedia
In 1971 Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars, being the first spacecraft to orbit any body other than the Moon, Sun or Earth; following in the same year were the first uncontrolled impact (Mars 2) and first successful landing (Mars 3) on Mars Probes have been active on Mars continuously since 1997
- Mars: Facts - NASA Science
Mars – the fourth planet from the Sun – is a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere This dynamic planet has seasons, polar ice caps, extinct volcanoes, canyons and weather
- Mars | Facts, Surface, Moons, Temperature, Atmosphere | Britannica
Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today
- Mars rover records audio of electric sparks in… - USA TODAY
NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within swirling mini-twisters on Mars
- A rover on Mars has detected a form of lightning : NPR
A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen
- 1st human missions to Mars should hunt for signs of life, report says
Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according to a new report from the U S National Academies
- NASA says Maven spacecraft that was orbiting Mars has gone silent
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade
- Mars - NASA Science
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago
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