This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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Updated: Friday, 03 Aug 2012, 5:33 AM CDT
Published : Friday, 03 Aug 2012, 5:33 AM CDT
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Mars is set to get its latest visitor Sunday night when NASA's new robotic rover, named Curiosity, attempts to land there. Mars has been a prime target for space exploration for decades, in part because its climate 3.5 billion years ago is believed to have been warm and wet, like early Earth.
Here are five other key points:
About the color
Quick weight loss
Hot and cold
The air is different
Longer days
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