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The machines have spoken. This is when the first human steps on Mars

Ask a human when we will walk on Mars and you get a dream. Ask the data and you get a date. Feed everything we know into the ...
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We get humans to Mars. What then? Here's what we'll really do on the Red Planet – and why it could solve the greatest mystery in science

Staying alive. That’s what the priority will be each morning for the first humans on Mars. Astronauts will start each day – or sol, as a day on Mars is called – by checking life-support systems, ...
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What could we learn by landing humans on Mars?

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...
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Mission shortlists over a thousand candidates for life on Mars

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A mission to put humans on Mars that drew 200,000 applicants has selected more than a thousand candidates who will now be tested to come up with a final list of 24 would-be ...
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The redemption of Viking: Did the 50-year-old mission to Mars find life or not?

The redemption of Viking: Did the 50-year-old mission to Mars find life or not? How NASA’s 1975 mission to Mars led to decades of scientific controversy and confusion over the existence of life on ...
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Robots Could Help Humans Find Resources on the Moon and Mars

NASA rovers have revealed fascinating details and close-up images of Mars and the moon, but exploring other planets is slow. Most rovers are remotely controlled from Earth, and their careful, ...