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October 14, 2016

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. Scheduled to arrive next Wednesday (October 19), the short-lived lander's sole purpose is to prepare the ... read more

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