MARTIAN NEWS
 All the News around the Solar System from a theoretical Martian Viewpoint

Last update on Martian Date 0111.12005. Check back soon for updates!

Note - "Mars Exclusive" = fictional story. Everything else is based on factual events.
I would be grateful if anybody could report any inaccuracies in these news stories to elwoodherring©blueyonder.co.uk
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Mars Date Earth Date Earth Name Headline (Latest First)
12005.0111 11 Jan 2005 Cassini Earth Probe Close to Discovering Vast Secret
12004.0419 19 Apr 2004 Mars Exclusive! Martian News Now Available On Earth
12004.0125 25 Jan 2004 Opportunity Third Probe Arrives From Earth
12004.0104 04 Jan 2004 Spirit Second Probe Of Recent Earth Flotilla Arrives
12003.1225 25 Dec 2003 Beagle Earth Probe Destroyed En Route To Mars Surface
12002.0145 ?? Jan 2002 Mars Exclusive! Plutonians Leave For Arcturus
12000.0000 01 Jan 2000 Mars Exclusive! Martians Commemorate Cerenian War
11997.0706 06 Jul 1997 Pathfinder Earth Probe Is Mobile Robot
11997.0704 04 Jul 1997 Pathfinder New Earth Probe Arrives At Mars
11994.0716 16 Jul 1994 Shoemaker-Levy Comet Fragments Massacre Life On Jupiter
11992.0707 07 Jul 1992 Shoemaker-Levy Comet Torn Apart By Jupiter - Still On Collision Course
11990.0758 ?? Jul 1990 Shoemaker-Levy Comet On Collision Course With Jupiter
11976.0807 07 Aug 1976 Viking 2 Fourth Earth Probe Lands On Mars
11976.0720 20 Jul 1976 Viking 1 New Earth Probe Lands On Mars
11971.1202 02 Dec 1971 Mars 3 Second Earth Probe Lands Intact On Mars
11971.1127 27 Nov 1971 Mars 2, Mariner 9 Earth Probe Crash Lands On Mars
11971.0832 ?? Aug 1971 Mars 1 & 2 Two New Earth Probes Confirmed As Heading For Mars
11969.0720 20 Jul 1969 Apollo 11 Earth Astronauts Make Soft Landing On Luna
11969.0666 ?? Jun 1969 Mariner 6 & 7 Two More Earth Spacecraft In Close Approach
11965.0740 ?? Jul 1965 Mariner 4 Earth Spacecraft Flies By Harmlessly
11964.1155 ?? Nov 1964 Mariner 4 New Earth Spacecraft Heading For Mars
11963.1253 ?? Dec 1963 Mars Exclusive! Sirian Delegation Arrives For Martian Summit
11963.0275 ?? Feb 1963 Mars 1 (USSR) Earth Craft Destroyed On Route To Mars
11961.0412 12 Apr 1961 Vostok (Gagarin) New Earth Craft Seen - Possibly Held Passenger
11959.0913 13 Sep 1959 Lunik 2 Earth Craft Makes Crash Landing On Luna
11957.1103 03 Nov 1957 Sputnik 2 (Laika) Second Craft Spotted In Low Earth Orbit
11957.1004 04 Oct 1957 Sputnik Earth Inhabitants Make First Foray Into Space
11945.0809 09 Aug 1945 Nagasaki Second Earth Nuclear Explosion - War Suggested As Cause
11945.0806 06 Aug 1945 Hiroshima Nuclear Explosion Seen On Earth Surface
11908.0630 30 Jun 1908 Tunguska Comet Strikes Earth - Casualties Unknown
11907.0439 ?? Apr 1907 Tunguska Comet On Collision Course With Earth


Translated from original Martian by Elwood Herring
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