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NASA begins construction of its next Mars-bound lander (VIDEO)

Houston, USA - InSight will start its journey to the Red Planet in March 2016

American space agency NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review. The Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission will pierce beneath the Martian surface to study its interior. The mission will investigate how Earth-like planets...

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Rome, Italy, 05/20/2014 18:53
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