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NASA's Rover Set for Mars Mission

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., scientists will monitor the pending landing of a NASA spacecraft carrying the Mars Rover, a "robot geologist" bound for the Red Planet. Touch-down is scheduled late Saturday. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Joe Palca.

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