NASA's Viking missions in the 1970s were groundbreaking, marking the first time humanity sent spacecraft to Mars with the goal of searching for life. Viking 1, launched in 1975, landed on the ...

Another small ship has been impacted by a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, the fourth one reported so far this year.

Call for New Mars Life-Detection Missions Nearly 50 years after the Viking missions, Schulze-Makuch emphasizes the need for updated life-detection missions using modern methods and a better ...