Life on Mars

26/11/11 13:40 CET

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Space agency NASA is launching a nuclear-powered probe on a nine-month journey to Mars in a bid to learn if there is or ever was life on the planet.

The machine, about the size of a family car, cost 2.5bn dollars to make.

A rocket carrying the probe is due to be launched on Saturday from Cape Canaveral.

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