Three missions to Mars are set to blast off in the coming weeks. The United States, China and the United Arab Emirates are all sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet. NASA is even planning to bring back Martian rocks for the first time ever.
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with science journalist Alexandra Witze.
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