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...explore the surface of Mars; in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Scheduled for touchdown next January, Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, set for launch later this month, will study the geology of Mars, looking for evidence that a vast area of water once existed on its surface. Only three NASA spacecraft have successfully landed on Mars, which some scientists label a "spacecraft graveyard...
...proved strangely inhospitable to earthly visitors. Of the 33 missions to the Red Planet since 1960, 22 have crashed, broken up en route or otherwise failed before they could complete their research. Undaunted, earthlings are launching yet another assault on Mars this month, when no fewer than three spacecraft--two from NASA, one from the European Space Agency (ESA)--will take flight. If they deliver on even part of their promise, the missions could go a long way toward explaining the history, geology and--most intriguing--biology of Mars...
Whatever discoveries the trio of missions make, they are almost certain to rekindle some of the thrill of space exploration for a world that has seen precious little of it lately. Says Squyres: "Hey, if you can't have fun building spacecraft and sending them to Mars, give it up, man!" --Reported by Dan Cray/Los Angeles and Leo Cendrowicz/Brussels
...proved strangely inhospitable to earthly visitors. Of the 33 missions to the Red Planet since 1960, 22 have crashed, broken up en route or otherwise failed before they could complete their research. Undaunted, earthlings are launching yet another assault on Mars this month, when no fewer than three spacecraft - two from NASA, one from the European Space Agency (esa) - will take flight. If they deliver on even part of their promise, the missions could go a long way toward explaining the history, geology and - most intriguing - biology of Mars. The trio of ships will take about seven months to reach...
...dreamed up the project. Whatever discoveries the trio of missions make, they are almost certain to rekindle some of the thrill of space exploration for a world that has seen precious little of it lately. Says Squyres: "Hey, if you can't have fun building spacecraft and sending them to Mars, give...