The Search for Life on Mars: From Canals to Rovers

Schiaparelli saw canali in 1877, mistranslated as canals. Wells wrote War of the Worlds. Mariner 4 showed a dead world in 1965.

Viking tested for life in 1976 with ambiguous results. Rovers found ancient river beds and organic molecules. Perseverance is caching samples for Earth analysis.

The search continues..