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Science Presence of salt on Mars adds new evidence for possible life
Science Presence of salt on Mars adds new evidence for possible life | Presence of salt on Mars adds new evidence for possible life |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Saturday, 22 March 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 The robotic spacecraft currently orbits Mars. It was launched on April 7, 2001 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Delta II rocket. Its mission has recently been extended by NASA to at least September 2008. The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft was named after the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who just recently died. Its name is a tribute to the futuristic mind of Clarke, a pioneering writer in the popularizing of space travel and exploration.
For additional information about the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission, visit NASA Odyssey.
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