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Subsurface Water on Mars


Date: 15 November 2001
Depicts: Artist's impression of water under the Martian surface
Copyright: ESA 2001. Illustration by Medialab

If underground aquifers like this really do exist, Mars Express has a good chance of finding them. The implications for human exploration and eventual colonisation of the Red Planet would be far-reaching.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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