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NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars

08.04.11

PASADENA, Calif. -- Observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months
on Mars.

"NASA's Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to
determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form,”
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, “and it reaffirms Mars as an
important future destination for human exploration."

Dark, finger-like features appear and extend down some Martian slopes
during late spring through summer, fade in winter, and return during
the next spring. Repeated observations have tracked the seasonal
changes in these recurring features on several steep slopes in the
middle latitudes of Mars' southern hemisphere.

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