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NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now

March 09, 2016 12:00 AM
An artist's rendering provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech depicts the InSight Mars lander studying the interior of Mars. NASA said it's shooting for a 2018 launch of the InSight spacecraft. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off in March 2016, but was grounded in December by a leak in a French instrument. Project managers said the device should be redesigned in time. (Associated Press)
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