Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar system's most famous planet.

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The Smithsonian's Mars Day offered a chance for people of all ages to touch Mars, or at least a piece of it.

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Mars Day offered Allison and Alysia's children a chance to learn more about a world that humans may set foot on within their lifetimes.

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The image was taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the rover's 44th Martian day, or sol, on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012).

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The base will actually be built inside a real crater and the daytime temperature of -23 degrees Celsius is like a nice summer's day on Mars.

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When McPherson wasn't answering questions about Katie Holmes' guest turn on sophomore drama Eli Stone, he focused on the fall's two newcomers: Life on Mars, a British remake about a modern-day police detective who wakes up 35 years in the past, and Opportunity Knocks, a chance-of-a-lifetime game show from star Ashton Kutcher.

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