In this way, things like rocket engines, satellites, Mars-exploring rovers, space suits, and water purifiers on the International Space Station become part of everyday life on Earth.

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The U.S. perfect it with putting a man on the man, then with a series of modern high tech space shuttle missions and Mars ROVERS. But now, the final frontier captains are more likely to be Russians, with their hopes for a human Mars landing someday, or Chinese, with a new China space station due within the next 8 years.

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With Rovers desperate for possession, Sheriffe found space out wide to twice dart in for decisive scores.

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The place had all the glamour of the space age then, with its glassy offices and swooping pavilions, moon rovers and rocket ships.

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The achievements include sending rovers to Mars, placing countless communication and imagining satellites in orbit, and the International Space Station, a semi-permanent home in space.

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