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Mars - Spacecraft, Exploration, Missions: Since the beginning of the space age, Mars has been a focus of planetary exploration for three main reasons: (1) it is the most Earth-like of the planets; (2) other than Earth, it is the planet most likely to have developed indigenous life; and (3) it will probably be the first extraterrestrial planet to be visited by humans. Between 1960 and 1980 the exploration of Mars was a major objective of both the U.S. and Soviet space programs. U.S. spacecraft successfully flew by Mars (Mariners 4, 6, and 7), orbited the planet (Mariner 9 and Vikings 1 and 2), ...

This year, science came through with positive, bizarre, and urgent news to guide us into 2024 and beyond. Here are our favourite stories.

Beagle 2 hoped to detect life on Mars but it could not send data back to Earth.

Capricorn One tells the story of an ill-fated Mars mission and the conspiracy that follows. We examine whether a fake Mars mission is actually possible.