Red Planet

• UAE spacecraft enters Mars orbit in historic first for Arab world

  The UAE is celebrating a huge leap forward in its young space program, after the success of its first-ever mission to Mars.

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  Feb 9, 2021
  
• Life on Mars was possible 4 billion years ago, say Western University researchers

  A new international study led by Western University suggests that life in our solar system, particularly on Mars, was possible much earlier than previously accepted. 

  Science

  Jun 24, 2019
  
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• Martian moons likely blown off planet’s surface ‘like asteroids,’ study finds

  Research is debunking old theories about how Mars got its moons.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2018
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• NASA will send an autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020

  NASA is planning to send a tiny autonomous helicopter to Mars on its next rover mission to the red planet.

  Science

  May 12, 2018
• Mars’ toxic surface could force scientists to search for life underground

  In their research paper, Wadsworth and Cockell refer to the surface of Mars as hostile or "inimical to life." 

  News

  Jul 9, 2017
• Elon Musk suggests nuking Mars on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

  Should Earthlings blast Mars with nukes to make it inhabitable? The answer is yes, according to Elon Musk.

  Science

  Sep 10, 2015
• Two Saskatoon men cut from proposed ‘Mars One’ mission

  Two Saskatoon men did not make the short-list of candidates for the proposed one-way “Mars One” mission.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2015