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Undergraduate paves way for NASA Mars mission

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are paving the way for a smooth landing on Mars for the Phoenix Mission scheduled to launch in August this year by making sure the set-down literally is not a rocky one. A team led involving a Washington University undergraduate student has been analyzing NASA images to make sure that the Phoenix spacecraft lands in a spot on the red planet's northern plains that is relatively rock-free.

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