Life on Mars
By Carolyn Gloeckner
The year was 1976. The people cheered. Two American spaceships had landed on Mars.
The ships would help them learn about Mars. But most people just wanted to know one thing. Is there liƒe on Mars?
The ships took pictures. These pictures were sent to Earth in the forms of signals. On Earth, the signals were changed back into pictures. People looked at them closely.
They saw a pink sky. They saw red rocks. They saw red soil. But they saw no animals or plants. The ships craped up soil. It was tested. These might be plants in it. They might be too small to see. The ships sent their tests back to Earth.
People were puzzled. Some of the tests seemed to show life. Some did not. People decided that the tests showed nothing for sure.
Is there lifeon Mars? We still don’t know. We might know some day. But someday we could be the life on Mars!
