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Since 1960s various missions to study Mars have been launched. Few recently launched missions are still active and are providing useful, relevant and unknown information about various aspects of Mars.
Is there life on Mars? No, not there either.
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Lele, A. (2014). Mars Missions: Past, Present and Future. In: Mission Mars. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1521-9_7
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