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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/706/space_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Year in Science and Technology: Water found on Mars, and other NASA stories' data-article-id='1094'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7750'>NASA scientists discovered water flows on the surface of Mars. </span> <span data-start-time='7750' data-end-time='13146'>The water is salty, and is only there part of the year. </span> <span data-start-time='13146' data-end-time='21500'>But it is an important discovery for the effort to send humans to live on Mars.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='21500' data-end-time='29604'>Michael Meyer is the lead scientist for the NASA Mars Exploration Program. </span> <span data-start-time='29604' data-end-time='37813'>He says water is one of the key things needed for sending humans to Mars.</span> <span data-start-time='37813' data-end-time='53854'>Meyer explains: “Not only for the astronauts to drink, but also to make oxygen, to make fuel, and so having a ready resource there on the planet makes a big difference in terms of how much stuff you have to bring with you.”</span> <span data-start-time='53854' data-end-time='58896'>NASA hopes to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. </span> <span data-start-time='58896' data-end-time='64792'>Now, the space agency is recruiting new astronauts. </span> <span data-start-time='64792' data-end-time='76688'>Both the U.S. government and private industry are developing rockets and spacecraft to take those astronauts to Mars.</span> <span data-start-time='76688' data-end-time='86396'>Meanwhile, astronaut Scott Kelly is spending a year in space with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='86396' data-end-time='96021'>NASA is studying Kelly to see how humans survive long periods of time in the weightlessness of space.</span> <span data-start-time='96021' data-end-time='101417'>What they learn will help them plan human travel to Mars. </span> <span data-start-time='101417' data-end-time='109396'>Kelly and Kornienko are scheduled to return to earth in March 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='109396' data-end-time='118875'>We got our first close up of one of the farthest away objects in our solar system last July. </span> <span data-start-time='118875' data-end-time='129479'>It took the New Horizons spacecraft nine years to travel nearly 5 billion kilometers to Pluto. </span> <span data-start-time='129479' data-end-time='140813'>It sent back pictures, showing the dwarf planet’s detailed icy landscape including mountains, glaciers and craters.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='140813' data-end-time='154104'>Speaking of space there was this good news: Not to worry-- researchers say do not fear an alien invasion. </span> <span data-start-time='154104' data-end-time='159750'>People have been searching and listening for life on other planets. </span> <span data-start-time='159750' data-end-time='167542'>They say we should not be concerned about alien beings any time soon.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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