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LAist on MSNThe first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were capturedMariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of studying the Red Planet.
A new map shows hidden Martian rivers stretching thousands of miles, offering fresh evidence of a warm, wet ancient Mars.
New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it may have been on an inevitable path to being a dead world despite being so similar to Earth.