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Pathfinder Revisted

Five years ago, a plucky little spacecraft called Pathfinder parachuted into Mars and sent back rock composition data and stunning images of the Martian surface. On the five-year anniversary of the mission, Joe Palca reports for All Things Considered that planning for the next mission in 2003 is already underway.

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