Mars Express deploys second boom, ready for water search
READY TO DETECT: Mars Express, Europe's first spacecraft sent to the red planet, has deployed the second 20-meter (65.6-foot) boom of its Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument and should be ready to begin both searching for water beneath the planet's surface...
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