Ever since humans looked up at the stars they noticed that a few of them were different from the others. They moved.

These moving points of light were planets. One of those points of light was, of course, the planet Mars.

This first observation of Mars by early humans slowly and inexorably lead to landing robots on the surface of the planet.

Learn more about our exploration of Mars on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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