Jo Steer
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first heard May 2026
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The first successful mission to the red planet in two decades.
The spaceship would orbit Mars for ten years.
And make huge advances in scientific understanding of the planet.
For example
Where previous missions had found signs of ancient water flow on Mars.
The global surveyor found indications that water still flows on the planet at times.
And that same year, the US space program also launched a Mars lander and a rugged vehicle and mobile science lab designed to explore the craggy Martian landscape.
called a rover.
The Pathfinder landing craft
touched down on Mars Ares Vallis and delivered the Sojourner Rover.
First ever robotic rover vehicle on Mars.
These returned more exciting new data and images from the planet's surface.
The year 1996 also saw an electrifying, if controversial, announcement in the search for Martian life.
Scientists from NASA and Stanford University
Had been studying a meteorite from the red planet.
that have been found in Antarctica.
The team of scientists announced that they discovered evidence in the Martian rock of organic molecules, which are the building blocks of all known living things.
Some experts even thought the meteorite contained fossils of microorganisms.
The rock had likely been thrown into space when an asteroid hit Mars some fifteen million years ago.
A time when Mars was a warmer world, more conducive to microbial life as we know it.
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