From The Hindu Archives, August 27, 1976: America’s Viking-I Mars probe has sent back another clear reading that there could be life in the Martian soil but space scientists said they were still sceptical about the results.

A half-century after the Viking landers touched down on the Red Planet, the debate over whether they found signs of life continues.

From The Hindu Archives, August 27, 1976: America’s Viking-I Mars probe has sent back another clear reading that there could be life in the Martian soil but space scientists said…