50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today

The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet’s climate and ...
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OTD In Space - August 7: Viking 1 Orbiter Shuts Down

On Aug. 7, 1980, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft ended its epic and historic mission on the Red Planet. Viking 1 was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars. It was one of two Viking missions ...
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Did NASA's Viking ‘kill life’ on Mars? Expert says, ‘It was so much like Earth…’

NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was launched in 1975 to explore the possibility of life on Mars. However, one scientist believes that it may have damaged the same possibility, in the course of exploration.
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50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joel S. Levine, William & Mary (THE CONVERSATION) Finding life beyond the Earth would ...