Los Angeles Times

Documentary captures early Mars missions’ red-letter days

The car-sized rover Curiosity had a clean landing on Mars five months ago. But planetary missions didn’t always run so smoothly at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mariner 3, a probe sent to do a ...
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NASA Spots Eerie Face on Mars: What’s Hiding Behind This Strange Formation?

In 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 Orbitersent back a series of images from Mars that would spark one of the most enduring mysteries in space exploration: the Face on Mars. Captured in the Cydonia region, this ...
PBS

The Changing Face of Mars

A look back at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's first roles in exploring the Red Planet. The Changing Face of Mars reveals, through archival footage and interviews with key scientists and engineers, ...