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Phoenix heads for Mars landing
NASA’s latest space probe to Mars, Phoenix, is heading for a landing in the far north of the planet this weekend.
If all goes well, it will dig into the permafrost to look for the basic ingredients for life. Catch up with the latest news in the Mars section of Skymania.
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