A NASA lander may have killed life on Mars, scientist claims — and colleagues took his theory ‘surprisingly well’
Oops? Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one scientist has suggested. In 1975, just six years after Apollo 11 touched down on the moon,
Did we kill Mars? New theory suggests Viking missions may have accidentally destroyed potential life on Mars
NASA's Viking missions, launched in the mid-1970s, aimed to answer a simple question: Does life exist on Mars? Viking 1 and Viking 2, which landed on Mars in 1976, conducted experiments to detect biological activity by exposing Martian soil to water and nutrients.
Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars
Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch from the Technische Universität Berlin in Germany believes that humans may have unintentionally killed all life on Mars in the 1970s. NASA's Viking 1 mission in 1975 saw two spacecraft land on the Red Planet's surface and conduct an experiment involving mixing water and nutrients with collected soil samples.
'NASA killed life on Mars': Astrobiologist makes shocking claim about agency's 1976 mission
Astrobiologist claims NASA's 1976 Viking mission may have unintentionally killed Martian microbes by drowning or incinerating them, urging renewed exploration with refined methods.
Nasa's Viking landers accidentally killed life on Mars, says astrobiologist
Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes Nasa's Viking missions have inadvertently 'eliminated' Martian life. He also mentioned that Martian life may have adapted to the planet's dry environment
NASA Killed Life On Mars? Astrobiologist Says Landers May Have Made A Mistake
NASA's earliest landers on Mars may have accidentally killed life there, says an astrobiologist. According to Dirk Schulze-Makuch from Germany's Technische Universität Berlin, the method of finding life using water resorted by NASA's Viking landers may have killed the microbes if there were any.
NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist
A German astrobiologist suggests that humans might have inadvertently wiped out Martian life nearly 50 years ago, during NASA’s Viking 1 mission, which saw two spacecraft land on Mars and conduct grou
Did NASA’s Viking Lander kill traces of life on the red planet (Mars)
In 1975, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft and its two landers began searching for signs of life on Mars. While initial tests hinted at microbial activity, t
NASA May Have Inadvertently Killed Life on Mars, Scientist Says
And then, in our quest to sniff it, we snuffed it out. Just like that. According to astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch of the Technical University Berlin in Germany, an experiment to detect the signs of microbial life on Mars could have been deadly.
Scientist claims NASA may have accidentally killed all life on Mars
A scientist has said NASA may have accidentally killed life on Mars during a research mission to find it. For decades, scientists have been trying to find any signs of life on the Red Planet with no conclusive evidence as of yet.
Whoops, NASA might have killed life on Mars
For decades, scientists have posited that to find life on Mars they first need to find water. And in the absence of water, they have tried to see what happens when they introduce it onto the planet.
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NASA could have already killed life on Mars during its experiment
Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch suggests these methods might have inadvertently killed potential Martian life, as ...
Against All Odds: Living Microbes Discovered in the Most Unlikely Place on Earth
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