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NASA Astronaut Stands on Mars

This illustration shows an astronaut on Mars, as viewed through the window of a spacecraft.

June 17, 2020

This illustration shows an astronaut on Mars, as viewed through the window of a spacecraft. NASA hopes to return astronauts to the Moon and test technology there that will be useful for sending the first astronauts to Mars.

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