A month on 'Mars': Traveling to the Red Planet - Space.com

The site is a dead ringer for Mars — a barren, bleak, ruddy expanse of rock.

Two a.m. is not a fit hour for travel, but that was the rise-and-shine time for Pascal and me in San Jose, California. I'd driven to his home to fly out of the local airport shortly after five that m… [+5034 chars]

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