MARS QUESTION AND EVIDENCE NOTES
A reading aid from Yenra: https://yenra.com/picture-of-mars-exploration/
Prepared October 13, 2026. Use one sheet for one actual mission result.

Source title and URL: _____________________________________________
Mission / instrument: _____________________________________________
Observation identifier: ___________________________________________
Observation date: _____________ Report publication date: ___________

1. QUESTION
What question is the investigation trying to answer?
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2. MEASUREMENT
Describe what the instrument recorded, before interpreting it.
Include scale, wavelength, location or measurement units as relevant.
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3. INTERPRETATION
What physical process or history does the research team propose?
__________________________________________________________________

4. UNCERTAINTY
What alternative explanation or missing information matters most?
__________________________________________________________________

5. NEXT TEST
What observation could help distinguish the explanations?
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6. FOLLOW-UP
Study or data-product link: ________________________________________
What later evidence changes your notes? ____________________________

Worked hypothetical example (not an actual mission result):
Question: Did a crater once contain a lake?
Measurement: A channel ends in a fan-shaped deposit inside the crater.
Interpretation: Water may have carried sediment into standing water.
Uncertainty: Shape alone leaves the formation process and timing open.
Next test: Compare layer structure, minerals and regional elevations.

Keep a habitability interpretation separate from a claim of life.
Keep acquisition dates separate from publication dates.