NASA's Viking missions to Mars may have inadvertently eliminated Martian life. The missions used water in experiments to detect life. Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes this was a mistake.

A new study reconsiders the controversial findings of NASA's Viking Mars lander in 1976, which some argue may have shown signs of past life on the Red Planet.

In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, carrying a mission to unlock the secrets of the Red Planet. Soon, it released twin landers that drifted toward the Martian surface ...

Viking 1 launched 48 years ago this week and made history when it became the first spacecraft to land safely on Mars' surface and send images back to Earth.

Could NASA’s Viking missions have wiped out life on Mars before we even knew it existed? According to an expert at Daily Galaxy, startling theory suggests that our search for Martian life may ...

The Viking missions, launched by NASA in 1975, were the first successful attempts to land on Mars and conduct detailed exploration. Viking 1 and Viking 2 each included an orbiter and a lander ...

New Analysis of Viking Mission Results Indicates Presence of Life on Mars by SpaceRef January 8, 2007 July 15, 2024 Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ...

"Since Viking landed on Mars, many things have changed, and many things have not. What has not changed in the past 50 years is our understanding of the limits of life in cold and dry environments." ...

"We’re ultimately looking to discover life, and to do so, we have to think outside the box." In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, carrying a mission to unlock the ...