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Martian Mysteries

?. Martian Mysteries. Is there any life on Mars right now? Was there ever life on Mars? Can humans live on Mars? How would YOU find the answers?. Scientists have been trying to answer these questions by sending space probes to Mars. Enjoy these 3-D photos from Mars missions. .

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Martian Mysteries

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  1. ? Martian Mysteries • Is there any life on Mars right now? • Was there ever life on Mars? • Can humans live on Mars? • How would YOU find the answers?

  2. Scientists have been trying to answer these questions by sending space probes to Mars. Enjoy these 3-D photos from Mars missions.

  3. Mars Pathfinder 3D © Don Davis Mars Arrival: 1997Mission: Surface Exploration

  4. 3D

  5. M.E.R. Rovers 3D © Corby Waste Mars Arrival: 2004Mission: Was Mars Once Capable of Life?

  6. Mars Express 3D © Corby Waste Mars Arrival: 2003Mission: Map Mars, Find Evidence of Water

  7. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 3D © Corby Waste Mars Arrival: 2006Mission: Detailed Observations, Find Landing Sites for Astronauts

  8. Phoenix 3D © Corby Waste Mars Arrival: 2008Mission: Explore the North Pole

  9. 3D View from a rover

  10. 3D The Twin Peaks

  11. 3D Olympus Mons

  12. 3D Mars Express Water-ice in a Martian crater. The ice may be 200 m or 656 ft deep.

  13. Tithonium Chasma 3D © Corby Waste

  14. 3D “Berries” Scientists nicknamed these pebbles “berries.” They are hematite, a mineral that also forms on Earth. It forms in water, and is evidence that Mars had large bodies of standing water.

  15. For more information on space science happening at Montana State University visit solar.physics.montana.edu/spot/

  16. Brought to you by Montana Space Grant Consortium Montana State University National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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