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Interplanetary pop from Mars to Earth 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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