Take the stunning image on the above, which shows the muffin-cup-like Victoria Crater, a site once explored by the Mars rover Opportunity.

就拿上面那幅令人震撼的照片来说，它所呈现的是形状像松饼杯一样的维多利亚火山口，“机会号”火星探测器曾经探索过这里。

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Phobos-Grunt has been stuck in Earth orbit since its launch on 9 November, unable to fire the engine that would take it on to Mars.

“福布斯-格朗特”号11月9日发射后由于引擎故障一直被困在地球轨道上，无法朝着火星的方向继续飞行。

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On top of that, two planets, Mercury and Mars, will take a nap and go retrograde, so we will all have to make do without the gifts that these two planets usually provide us.

最主要的有两个行星，水星和火星，它们打个小盹开始逆行，所以平时这两个会送给我们礼物的行星，这一次就不会有任何礼物送给我们了。

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Volcanoes on Mars suggest to Sam that the same kinds of processes that take place on Earth happen on other worlds.

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Phobos-Grunt has been stuck in Earth orbit since its launch on 9 November, unable to fire the engine that would take it on to Mars.

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The students, aged from seven to 24, were asked to develop an experiment to test anything humans may "want to take or do on Mars in the future".

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"You take what Mars gives you, " said Squyres, also the lead scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, which includes Spirit and Opportunity.

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