'Life on Mars' lander aims for risky touch down on red planet

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 17:31 in Astronomy & Space

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The search for life on Mars may take a giant leap on Wednesday when a space lander is due to touch down on the red planet in Europe's first attempt to land a craft there since the Beagle 2's "heroic failure" more than a decade ago.

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