US launches robot seeking signs of life on Mars
The biggest and most advanced robotic rover ever heads to Mars on Saturday on a mission to hunt for inhabitable environments. AFPTV looks at the $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, a.k.a. “Curiosity”, touted by NASA as a “scientist’s dream machine.”
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