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Another amazing image from Mars:

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'Wheel Scuff Mark at 'Rocknest'

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity cut a wheel scuff mark into a wind-formed ripple at the "Rocknest" site to give researchers a better opportunity to examine the particle-size distribution of the material forming the ripple. The rover's right Navigation camera took this image of the scuff mark on the mission's 57th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 3, 2012), the same sol that a wheel created the mark. For scale, the width of the wheel track is about 16 inches (40 centimeters).

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Weather is currently only 60% favourable for SpaceX CRS-1 launch later tonight. A slow moving front may still scupper the launch.
 
The Dragon spacecraft will reach the space station on Wednesday. Grapple is scheduled for approximately 12:22 BST (07:22 EDT).
 
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