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UPDATED: 14:43, August 14, 2005 |
| NASA probe blasts off for Mars |
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The Atlas V launch vehicle carrying the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, lifts off the pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Circling the planet for at least four years, the orbiter is to provide information on Mars' weather, climate and geology, which could aid possible future human exploration of the Red Planet. (Xinhua/AFP photo)
A Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket lifts off, from complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) into space to begin its 35-million-mile (56-million-km) trip to Mars. (Xinhua/AFP photo)
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