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NASA may have discovered and inadvertently killed the life on Mars

Cornell University astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan stands next to a model of a Viking lander. Credit: NASA

Scientist Schulze-Makuch speculates that NASA’s Viking missions may have found and accidentally then killed life on Mars

Mars Ascent Vehicle, first tests on rocket engines

One of the rocket engines that is part of NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle development program being tested at the Northrop Grumman facility. Credit: NASA

First tests have begun on the engines that will equip the Mars Ascent Vehicle as part of the Mars Sample Return mission

MOXIE sets new record for oxygen production on Mars

The MOXIE unit is installed on the Perseverance rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: NASA

A device called MOXIE on the Perseverance rover transforms the thin atmosphere of the planet, rich in carbon dioxide, into oxygen

Mysterious Hole-Pierced Rock on Mars

Perseverance rover has discovered on Mars a mysterious hole-pierced rock shaped like a donut, believed to be of extramartian origin

Zhurong discovers water on Mars

Zhurong rover has discovered that water on the surface of Mars may be much more widespread than previously thought

Mars Ingenuity helicopter continues to amaze

A photograph of the Perseverance rover and the Martian surface taken by the Ingenuity helicopter on April 22, 2023, during its 51st flight on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA

A new shot of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter continues to amaze the entire scientific community and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Software update for Curiosity rover

A selfie taken by the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA

NASA engineers have developed, after years of work, a significant software update for the Mars rover Curiosity

Perseverance, the last sample on Jezero

This image shows the rocky outcrop that the Perseverance science team calls "Berea" after the NASA Mars rover extracted a rock core (on the right) and abraded a circular area (on the left). Credit: NASA

Perseverance rover has extracted the last sample related to scientific investigation in the Jezero crater on the planet Mars

NASA created an interactive map of Mars

An image of the software developed by NASA that allows users to navigate the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA

NASA has released an interactive map of the surface of Mars that can be used by the public, just like Google Earth

China silent on the fate of the Zhurong rover

Two images of the Zhurong rover just landed on Mars. Credit: CNSA

China, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Tianwen-1 mission, does not release any statements on the fate of the rover Zhurong.