Life on Mars If the surface life has been reanimated as recently as 450,000 years ago, then rovers on Mars could find dormant but still viable life at a depth of one meter below the surface, according to an estimate. In 1965, the Mariner 4 probe discovered that Mars had no global magnetic field that would protect the planet from potentially life-threatening cosmic radiation and solar radiation; observations made in the late 1990s by the Mars Global Surveyor confirmed this discovery. Scientists speculate that the lack of magnetic shielding helped the solar wind blow away much of Mars's atmosphere over the course of
Music in space Nick Mason, who made an audio recording of the event for potential use in a future project. This was claimed by Gilmour to have been the first rock music recording in space. The tape was left on Mir when the mission crew returned to Earth. In 2003 the British space organization's "Beagle 2" probe was scheduled to play a song from the UK music band Blur, upon touchdown on the planet Mars. It was not known what happened to "Beagle 2" for 11 years after landing, and it was considered lost. When it was found intact in 2015, however, the