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Mars Exploration and Life on Mars
Archived news from StarDate magazine.

Wet Martian Volcano?
(May/June 2009)

Mars Burps
(March/April 2009)
Phoenix Finds Water, Trouble on Mars
Pluto-Sized Body Collided with Mars in Distant Past
(September/October 2008)
Probing Mars for Signs of Water, Signs of Life

(May/June 2008) 
Stormy Skies Strand Mars Rover
(September/October 2007) 
Mars Lander Ready for Trip to Tundra
(July/August 2007) 
Miles of Water Ice Coat Mars’ South Polar Region

(May/June 2007) 
Reconnaissance Orbiter Steps Closer to Mars

(May/June 2006) 
Mars Rovers Set to Crawl Into Next Year
(November/December 2004) 
Mars Rovers Keep on Ticking
(September/October 2004) 
Rovers, Orbiter Dig in to (Wet?) Martian History
(March/April 2004) 
Electric Devils Could Harass Mars Explorers
(July/August 2004) 
Second Mars Rover Lifts Off
(September/October 2003) 
Martian 'Armada' Prepares to Set Sail
(May/June 2003) 
New Findings from Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey
(May/June 2003) 
Mars Odyssey Finds Evidence of Water
(May/June 2002) 
Mars Odyssey Ready for Work
(March/April 2002) 
Shallow Reservoirs May Supply Mars Explorers
(November/December 2001) 
Dark Times Ahead for the Red Planet?
(September/October 2001) 
Scientists Develop New Approach to Search for Martian Life
(Summer 2001 AAS meeting) 
'Glow-in-the-Dark' Plants May Grow in Martian Soil
(July/August 2001) 
Magnetic Mars Crystals Show Possible Biological Background
(May/June 2001) 
Try, Try Again: NASA Targets Two Rovers for Mars
(November/December 2000) 
Flash Floods May Gush Through Martian Canyons
(September/October 2000) 
One Down, One Up
(July/August 2000) 
Martian Sulfur Shows No Evidence of Life
(May/June 2000) 
Future Missions Await Review of Mars Failures
(March/April 2000) 
Where, Oh Where Has Mars’ Water Gone?
(September/October 1999) 
Mars Life Debate Stays Hot With New Pathfinder Data
(July/August 1999) 
Researchers Say Two More Mars Meteorites Show Signs of Life
(May/June 1999) 
Rock-Eating Life?
(November/December 1998) 
Studies Show Mars Rock Lifeless
(March/April 1998) 
Pathfinder Strengthens Case for Warmer, Wetter Mars
(March/April 1998) 
More Discoveries from the Red Planet
(November/December 1997) 
More Tests for Mars Meteorite
(September/October 1997) 
Life on Mars Update
(May/June 1997) 

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