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The NASA Mars Science Laboratory is on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, ready to begin its journey to the Red Planet. When it arrives at Gale Crater next August, Curiosity rover's ten instruments will investigate whether that area of Mars could ever have sustained microbial life. Also, ISS spinoff; Bolden on tour: lander test; best of the feds; money saver; high-flying feast, and more.
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