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St. Louis From Space
12:22 pm
Tue March 19, 2013

The Meeting Of Mighty Rivers Near St. Louis As Seen From Space

Credit (via Twitter/Photo by Chris Hadfield)
A screen capture of a tweet from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The image shows a view very high above St. Louis and was taken aboard the International Space Station in January 2013.
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Here's a view you don't get every day:

It was tweeted in January by the commander of the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. He's been making it his job to not only lead Expedition 35 of the ISS but also amass a dazzling collection of images of the Earth from space.

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The Two-Way
2:46 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

NASA: Rover Data Indicates Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life

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This image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the first sample of powdered rock extracted by the rover's drill.
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Originally published on Tue March 12, 2013 5:50 pm

The group of scientists working with NASA's Curiosity rover made a big announcement during a press conference today: "We have found a habitable environment that is so benign" if there was water there, "you be able to drink it," John P. Grotzinger, professor of geology at Caltech, said summing up the rover's latest findings.

That is, at one point Mars had the right conditions to support living microbes.

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