30 years ago, NASA sent the Viking probes to Mars in the hopes of discovering life. Though there were encouraging results from some of the tests, evidence of life on Mars was and is still inconclusive.
Now the European Space Agency will deliver the first comprehensive life-detection science package since Viking to the martian surface with its ExoMars mission. ExoMars will consist of an orbiter and a lander, and also a rover capable of traveling several kilometers. The spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2013.
posted by Shaun A. Saunders
Now the European Space Agency will deliver the first comprehensive life-detection science package since Viking to the martian surface with its ExoMars mission. ExoMars will consist of an orbiter and a lander, and also a rover capable of traveling several kilometers. The spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2013.
posted by Shaun A. Saunders
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