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Viking to Mars: NASA's Viking 1 and 2 landers became the first spacecraft to touch down safely on Mars in 1976. From opposite sides of Mars, they photographed and analyzed their environments, finding a surface of iron-rich clay and a frigid atmosphere battered by giant dust storms. More »

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Radio Programs
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Evidence of Martians July 30, 2007
Slim Evidence August 8, 2006
Mars and Regulus July 20, 2006

Note: Audio versions of our programs will be available the day after they air. Visit the transcript page to listen.

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First View
First View
Olympian Volcano
Olympian Volcano
Utopia
Utopia

Frequently Asked Questions
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Have we visited all the planets in the solar system?

Other Resources
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Mars
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/mars.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2006
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2006.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2007
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2007.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2009
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2008
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2008.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations of the Inner Planets
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations_inner.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Moons of Mars
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/mars_moons.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2005
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2005.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2004
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2004.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Inner Planets
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/inner_planets.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2003
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2003.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2001
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2001.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2002
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/explorations2002.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Life
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/life.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Planet Formation
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/planet_form.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Inner Planets: Exploring Our Own Back Yard
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/inner_planets_more.html
StarDate Online | News | Extrasolar Planets
http://stardate.org/resources/news/planets/index.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Earth and Moon
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/earth_and_moon.html
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Asteroids
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/asteroids.html
StarDate Online | News | A Long Night Ahead for the Universe
http://stardate.org/resources/news/universe/199704.html

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