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Landing on Mars

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"Touchdown confirmed. We are safe on Mars. ...... The control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion [blank] late in the evening of August 5th, Pacific time, when word arrived that the Curiosity rover had [blank] on Mars. The one-ton rover, which dwarfs all Mars landers that came before it, will now spend a planned two years [blank] the Martian surface. The [blank] is expected to cost $2.5 billion. Curiosity's task is to [blank] the inside of Gale Crater, where a giant mound of sedimentary [blank] s may provide evidence of a wetter, possibly [blank] Mars billions of years ago.

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"Touchdown confirmed. We are safe on Mars. ...... The control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory late in the evening of August 5th, Pacific time, when word arrived that the Curiosity rover had landed safely on Mars. The one-ton rover, which dwarfs all Mars landers that came before it, will now spend a planned two years exploring the Martian surface. The mission is expected to cost $2.5 billion. Curiosity's task is to investigate the inside of Gale Crater, where a giant mound of sedimentary deposit s may provide evidence of a wetter, possibly habitable Mars billions of years ago.
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