Earth may be our beloved home planet, but Mars exudes main character energy.
Earthlings have long yearned to travel to the Red Planet and check whether it harbors any kind of life. In July 1976, we used a robot to start looking: The Viking 1 spacecraft landed that month, followed by Viking 2 in September. The Viking twins started sending back photos and data from experiments designed to seek out life on Mars.
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