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This image was taken by Front Hazcam: Right A (FHAZ_RIGHT_A) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 0 (2012-08-06 06:23:34 UTC). This image was taken by Front Hazcam: Left A (FHAZ_LEFT_A) onboard ...

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Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 flew within about 6,000 miles of Mars, capturing the first close-up images of another planet’s surface. The much awaited images were in black and white, ...