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December 23, 2015

NASA suspends March launch of InSight mission to Mars
Pasadena CA (AFP) Dec 23, 2015
NASA has suspended the March 2016 launch of its InSight mission to Mars because of problems with a key scientific component, the US space agency said Tuesday. The lander was set to delve deep beneath the Red Planet's surface in order to discover how the solar system's rocky planets formed. The next favorable launch window for the mission is more than two years away. "Learning about the interior structure of Mars has been a high priority objective for planetary scientists since the Viking era ... read more

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