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    Thomas Pablo Croquet (born 21 November 1976), known professionally as Thomas Mars, is a French musician and the lead singer of the French indie pop band...
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    Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red...
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  • Look up Mars, mars, or marš in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Mars also commonly refers to: Mars (mythology)...
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  • and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) Aladdin Sane (1973) Spiders From Mars (1976) Live Santa Monica '72 (rec. 1972, rel. 2008) Ziggy...
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    adopted in 1976 during the Viking Lander missions and is a measure of time mainly used by NASA when, for example, scheduling the use of a Mars rover. The...
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    Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his stage performances...
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    Viking program (redirect from Viking mars)
    identical American space probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2, which landed on Mars in 1976. The mission effort began in 1968 and was managed by the NASA Langley...
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    Cydonia (/sɪˈdoʊniə/, /saɪˈdoʊniə/) is a region on the planet Mars that has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred...
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    Viking 1 (category 1976 on Mars)
    a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history...
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    colonization of Mars humans would inhabit Martian territory and exploit resources there, possibly enabling the settlement of Mars. Most Mars colonization...
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    In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Latin: Mārs, pronounced [maːrs]) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic...
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    considered a difficult landing. Among the successes: Mars 3 – 1971 Viking 1 and Viking 2 – 1976 Mars Pathfinder and its Sojourner rover – 1997 Spirit and...
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    studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture, France’s first labor union for architects...
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  • The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no conclusive...
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  • "Life on Mars?" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, first released on his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Bowie wrote the song as a parody of...
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    Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the...
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    Mars Colonization of Mars Human mission to Mars Life on Mars List of artificial objects on Mars List of missions to Mars Mars landing Mars race Mars rover...
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    Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Curiosity was...
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  • The Mars trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through...
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  • Invaders from Mars is a 1953 American independent science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur...
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    A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, uncrewed spacecraft, ten have had successful...
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    The Mars effect is a purported statistical correlation between athletic eminence and the position of the planet Mars relative to the horizon at time and...
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    (Shelter Records) electric guitar on "No Show Tonight" 1975: Wings, Venus and Mars electric guitar on "Listen to What the Man Said" 1978: Mike Finnigan, Black...
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    The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...
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    solar day on Mars. The term was adopted during NASA's Viking project (1976) in order to avoid confusion with an Earth "day". By inference, Mars' "solar hour"...
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    Almost all water on Mars today exists as polar permafrost ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. What was thought to...
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    Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has appeared as a setting in works of fiction since at least the mid-1600s. Trends in the planet's portrayal have...
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  • and unsuccessful Mars landers. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars. Of 21 landers, the...
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    Viking 2 (category 1976 on Mars)
    global images of Mars prior to orbit insertion. The orbiter was inserted into a 1,500 x 33,000 km, 24.6 h Mars orbit on August 7, 1976, and trimmed to...
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    1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Beagle 2 Curiosity Deep Space 2 InSight Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance Phoenix Rosalind Franklin...
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