NASA Science News for May 15, 2001

Hurtling toward Mars at 22,000 mph, Earth is heading for its closest encounter with the Red Planet in a dozen years. Mars is already a brilliant morning star and it will soon become a dazzling all-night spectacle.

FULL STORY and GRAPHICS at:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15may_1.htm?list154233

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