Podcast: Missions to Mars, Part 1

By astronomycast - June 10, 2008 at 10:03 AM UTC | Missions
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With last month's safe arrival of the Phoenix Mars Lander, Mars enthusiasts breathed a collective sigh of relief… phew. Now it's time to search for evidence of organic molecules in the ice at Mars' north pole. But this is just the latest in a long series of missions sent to the Red Planet. Let's have a history lesson, and look back at the missions sent to Mars, successful and unsuccessful.

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Missions to Mars, Part 1

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