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Archaeology On Mars: Preserving Artifacts of Our Expansion Into the Solar System


1971, the Soviet Mars 3 lander became the first spacecraft to land on Mars, though it only lasted a couple of minutes before failing. More than 50 years later, it's still there at Terra Sirenum.

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