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OTD In Space - November 7: Mars Global Surveyor Launches To The Red Planet
On November 7, 1996, NASA launched its Mars Global Surveyor mission. This was the first mission NASA sent to Mars in almost 20 years. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was an orbiter.
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‘Life on Mars?’ Is More Than a David Bowie Song—It’s a Question Humans Keep Asking
Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...