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NASA's Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars

Perseverance takes a selfie with its helicopter companion Ingenuity in the background. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS hide caption

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NASA's Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars

Since touching down in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has already cached 6 samples that could one day be brought back to Earth. Astrobiologists hope they hold signs of past microbial life.

NASA's Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars

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Perseverance's Video Cameras Capture Its Arrival On Mars (There's Audio, Too)

In this photograph taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter the various components of the Mars mission are seen on the planet's surface following landing. NASA hide caption

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Perseverance's Video Cameras Capture Its Arrival On Mars (There's Audio, Too)

Six off-the-shelf cameras comprised the spacecraft's EDL Cam system (Entry, Descent and Landing). Together they provided a spectacular view of the Rover's arrival on the red planet.

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Chinese Probe Enters Mars Orbit With Plan For May Landing

An selfie taken by China's Tianwen-1, made available by the China National Space Administration, in December. China announced Wednesday that the probe had entered orbit around Mars. China National Space Administration/AP hide caption

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Chinese Probe Enters Mars Orbit With Plan For May Landing

China's space agency, fresh off a successful sample-return mission to the moon, says the ambitious Tianwen-1 rover mission it launched in July had reached the Red Planet.

Scientists Wait To See If Probe Successfully Landed On Mars

A visualization shows what the European Space Agency hopes Schiaparelli's Mars landing looks like. The probe will be making its six-minute descent through the atmosphere on Wednesday. M.Thiebaut/ESA-ATG medialab hide caption

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Scientists Wait To See If Probe Successfully Landed On Mars

The Schiaparelli probe was supposed to make a six-minute descent through the red planet's atmosphere and make a controlled landing on the surface. Scientists are waiting for word.

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