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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 ...
Phys.org

50 years ago, NASA sent two spacecraft to search for life on Mars. The missions' findings are still discussed today

Finding life beyond Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of science and human thought. Yet, only one direct search for extraterrestrial life has ever ...
The New York Times

An Interstellar Comet Flew Past Mars, and Spacecraft Took Pictures

3I/ATLAS, only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth, was viewed from Mars by an orbiting European spacecraft. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang reported on the first ...