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Mars
Fun Facts about Mars
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It's a rocky planet with two moons, Phobos and Deimos
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It's about 140 million miles away from the earth, on average
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It's about 142 million miles away from the sun, on average
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It's the fourth planet from the sun
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It contains frozen water
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It may have the building blocks for life
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It may become home to humans in the 2020's
Deimos
Phobos
True-color image of Mars seen by the Osiris spacecraft on Feb. 24, 2007
photo credit: ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Check out the videos below for more about the red planet, like when and how people might go there.
"Mars in a Minute" Videos
"Mars in a Minute" Videos

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Mars Video Menagerie
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