Touchdown! Wild celebrations as one-ton rover lands on Mars after ‘seven minutes of terror’ descent… and it has already beamed back first picture in HD

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2184264/NASA-rover-Curiosity-lands-Mars.html Rover weighing a ton landed at 5.32 GMT (1.32 EDT) Textbook landing saw radical floating ‘sky crane’ used for the first time First pictures reveal mystery gravel on the martian surface Mission will search for the ingredients of life on the red planet’s surface using a scoop to dig into the soil President Obama […]

‘It’s 99% certain there is life on Mars’: Shock finding as scientists re-analyse soil samples from Seventies Viking lander

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2129152/Its-99-certain-life-Mars-Shock-finding-scientists-analyse-soil-samples-Seventies-Viking-lander.html Soil samples from Viking 1 lander which visited Mars in 1976 Mathematical analysis shows strong sign of organics Samples had been dismissed as contaminated ’99% probability of life’ claims one scientist By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:08 EST, 13 April 2012 | UPDATED: 03:49 EST, 13 April 2012 In July 1976, the Viking 1 probe […]