identical Viking program landers each carried four types of biological experiments to the surface of Mars. The first successful Mars landers, Viking 1 and...
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NASA's Viking program. The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2,307...
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in the soil analyzed by both Viking 1 and 2. The study determined that perchlorate—discovered in 2008 by Phoenix lander—can destroy organic compounds...
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Analysis at Mars Urey instrument Viking lander biological experiments (Viking program) "TEGA - Phoenix 2007 Mars Scout Lander". planetary.chem.tufts.edu. Archived...
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under the lander body. The scientific payload had a total mass of approximately 91 kg (201 lb). The Viking landers conducted biological experiments designed...
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extraterrestrial life has ever been found. Astrobiology Mars Viking lander biological experiments Meteorites Allan Hills 77005 Allan Hills 84001 Murchison...
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microorganism thought to have been detected on Mars by the Viking lander biological experiments in 1976. Though these findings were later deemed inconclusive...
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(1865) Nakhla meteorite (1911) Murchison meteorite (1969) Viking lander biological experiments (1976) Allan Hills 77005 (1977) Allan Hills 84001 (1984)...
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(1865) Nakhla meteorite (1911) Murchison meteorite (1969) Viking lander biological experiments (1976) Allan Hills 77005 (1977) Allan Hills 84001 (1984)...
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chemical signatures that are unique to life. For example, the Viking lander biological experiments detected molecules that could be explained by either living...
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observing the sparks from a charged piece of amber. Benjamin Franklin's experiments showed that electrical phenomena of the atmosphere were not fundamentally...
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Zoo hypothesis (category Biological hypotheses)
the "laboratory" hypothesis, in which humanity is being subjected to experiments, with Earth serving as a giant laboratory. Ball describes this hypothesis...
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Beagle 2 (category Derelict landers (spacecraft))
Mars Viking landers – Pair of NASA landers and orbiters sent to Mars in 1976 Viking lander biological experiments – Mars life detection experiments List...
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Biosignature (section The Viking missions to Mars)
Chlorobenzene (C 6H 5Cl), for example, was detected as early as the Viking lander biological experiments and later in sedimentary rocks by Curiosity. However some...
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Neocatastrophism (category Biological hypotheses)
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ExoMars (section Schiaparelli EDM lander)
Spacecraft instrument to detect biosignatures Viking lander biological experiments – Mars life detection experiments Chang, Kenneth (12 September 2016). "Visions...
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implausible" and that "they do not appear to have been developed with a single biological theory in mind". Day also noted, concerning the scientists who talk about...
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Signs Of LIfe Detector (category Space science experiments)
unambiguous biological origin is fundamental for the confirmation of present or past life, but the 1976 Viking lander biological experiments failed to detect...
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Earth hypothesis argues that the origin of life and the evolution of biological complexity, such as sexually reproducing, multicellular organisms on Earth...
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of past or present life on Mars (see Viking lander biological experiments). Since then, many orbiters and landers have been sent to Mars to measure different...
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ExoMars Mars Science Laboratory Viking biological experiments "A Proposal for a New Mission to Mars: The Biological Oxidant and Life Detection (BOLD)...
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not be threatened. In continued speculation, and assuming that there was land in this habitable zone, it would be likely to form large networks of river...
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Exploration of Mars (redirect from Mars Lander program)
to contact the surface were two Soviet probes: Mars 2 lander on November 27 and Mars 3 lander on December 2, 1971—Mars 2 failed during descent and Mars...
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