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A Possible Sign Of Life Right Next Door To Earth, On Venus

The images used to create this view of Venus were acquired by the Mariner 10 craft on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974. Decades after the Mariner 2 flew by the planet in 1962, much about the planet remains unknown. NASA hide caption

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A Possible Sign Of Life Right Next Door To Earth, On Venus

September 14, 2020 • Scientists have found a gas associated with living organisms in a region of Venus' atmosphere. They can't figure out how it got there if it didn't come from life.

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To Prepare For Mars Settlement, Simulated Missions Explore Utah's Desert

Crew members on one of the simulated Mars missions this spring included Pitchayapa Jingjit (from left), Becky Parker, Elijah Espinoza and Esteban Ramirez. Community college students and teachers in real life, the team members spent a week in the Utah desert, partly to experience the isolation and challenges of a real trip to Mars. Rae Ellen Bichell/NPR hide caption

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To Prepare For Mars Settlement, Simulated Missions Explore Utah's Desert

July 6, 2017 • NASA plans to send people to the Red Planet in the 2030s. In the meantime, a remote location in southern Utah serves as a non-NASA training ground for the Mars-minded.

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Mars Lander May Be Missing, But A Second Spacecraft Is Still Humming Along

Artist's depiction shows the separation of the Schiaparelli lander from the Trace Gas Orbiter (left) as it heads for the surface of Mars. European Space Agency via AP hide caption

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Mars Lander May Be Missing, But A Second Spacecraft Is Still Humming Along

October 20, 2016 • As scientists try to figure out what happened to the Schiaparelli lander, which may have crash-landed, a craft known as the Trace Gas Orbiter is orbiting the red planet in search of signs of life.

Mars Space Station 'Discovered'; Earthlings Tune In To See It

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Mars Space Station 'Discovered'; Earthlings Tune In To See It

June 7, 2011 • An amateur astronomer's YouTube report on what he believes he's seen on the Red Planet is proving popular. Scientists, though, say it's probably just a glitch in the image, not a 700-foot long structure.