Sunday 16 October 2016

Europe heads for Mars in search of life


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Europe heads for Mars in search of life Paris (AFP) Oct 14, 2016 - Thirteen years after its first, failed attempt to place a rover on Mars, Europe reaches a crucial stage Sunday in a fresh quest to scour the Red Planet for signs of life, this time with Russia. Mission controllers will instruct a spacecraft about 175 million kilometres (109 million miles) from Earth to release and steer a paddling pool-sized lander towards the Red Planet's cold, dry surface. ... more

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