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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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UAE Joins Growing List Of Nations That Have Sent Spacecraft To Mars

Emirati men clap as they watch the launch of the "Amal" or "Hope" space probe at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The probe, the country's first interplanetary spacecraft, was launched from Japan. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption

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UAE Joins Growing List Of Nations That Have Sent Spacecraft To Mars

The United Arab Emirates successfully launched a Mars orbital probe known as Hope, or "Amal" in Arabic. It is expected to reach the red planet in February and will study the thin atmosphere of Mars.

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