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DESCRIPTION: Mars today is a cold and dry desert seemingly devoid of life. 
 However\, in the past\, about 4 billion years ago\, the red planet was a m
 uch different place with thicker atmosphere\, flowing water on its surface
  and thus with much better potential to harbour life. The first mission to
  Mars to search for life\, the Viking mission\, in 1975\, found neither tr
 aces of extant or extinct life nor organic molecules on the surface of Mar
 s\, which was both disappointing and to some extent surprising. However\, 
 lately the exploration of Mars by NASA Curiosity and Perseverance rovers h
 ave shown promising results\, including the identification of at least two
  past habitable environments on Mars in Gale and Jezero craters\, and the 
 find of the building blocks of life such as organic molecules. In this lec
 ture I will present some of the latest results and challenges in the searc
 h for life on Mars. This includes the find of a potential biosignatures in
  Jezero crater by the Perseverance rover as recently announced by NASA. I 
 will also discuss future plans for exploration of Mars including the ESA R
 osalind Franklin rover\, Mars sample return\, and potential human explorat
 ion.\nVortragende: Dr. Sandra Siljestrom
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LOCATION:IPP\, Raum: Günter-Grieger Lecture Hall (Greifswald) and Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN=Dmitry Moseev:mailto:dmitry.moseev@ipp.mpg.de
SUMMARY:Institutskolloquium:  The search for life on Mars - recent results 
 and challenges 
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