NASA May Have Inadvertently Killed Life on Mars, Scientist Says

In all our explorations of Mars to date, no evidence has been found that meets the rigorous standards to claim that we have conclusively found life.

But, decades ago in the 1970s, when the Viking landers became the first US mission to safely land on and explore the red planet, we may have been close.

One researcher raises the possibility that life existed in a sample of Martian soil. And then, in our quest to sniff it, we snuffed it out. Just like that.

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NASA May Have Inadvertently Killed Life on Mars, Scientist Says

In all our explorations of Mars to date, no evidence has been found that meets the rigorous standards to claim that we have conclusively found life.

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Did NASA’s Viking Lander kill traces of life on the red planet (Mars) - Times of India

In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft and its two landers began searching for signs of life on Mars. While initial tests hinted at microbial activity, t

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Je viens de terminer ma Titan IIIE Centaur, un lanceur qui propulsa des sondes mythiques telles que Voyager et Viking Orbiter avec comme passagers les atterrisseurs Viking.
Un MOC de Brandon Crain avec quelques légères modifications.

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