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Artist impression of the Schiaparelli module on the surface of Mars provided by the European Space Agency, ESA. . On Wednesday Oct. 19, 2016 Schiaparelli will enter the martian atmosphere at an altitude of about 121 km and a speed of nearly 21 000 km/h. Less than six minutes later it will have landed on Mars. The probe will take images of Mars and conduct scientific measurements on the surface, but its main purpose is to test technology for a future European Mars rover. Schiaparelli's mother ship ,TGO, will remain in orbit to analyze gases in the Martian atmosphere to help answer whether there is or was life on Mars. (ESA/ATG-medialab via AP)
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This Sept. 27, 2016 photo shows wildlflowers growing near a sign for the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive in Wisconsin, in the northern unit area for the Kettle Moraine State Forest. The Kettle Moraine is a geological formation created thousands of years ago by the movement of glaciers. Today visitors can follow the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive through rural farming areas and rustic woodlands, and hike a variety of trails to experience landscapes that range from prairie to wetlands to forests. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)
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Employees sit in the contol center of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, Germany, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2016. ESA and its Russian partner Roscosmos hope for a successful landing of the joint space probe of mission ExoMars on Mars. (Uwe Ansspach/dpa via AP)
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IOC President Thomas Bach speaks to the media following his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. With Abe, Bach discussed the possibility of staging some Olympic events in the northeastern region of Japan hit by the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima disaster. "Baseball and softball were some of the options under discussion," Bach said. (Yoshinobu Shimizu/Kyodo News via AP)
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A sweeper cleans a road inside the closed premises of the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. The zoo has been closed temporarily after nine birds died from suspected bird flu last week, according to a zoo official. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, is welcomed by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike during a meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Bach expressed willingness Tuesday to work with Tokyo officials to try to reduce spiraling cost estimates for the 2020 Summer Games. Bach arrived in Japan amid growing tension between Olympic organizers and recently elected Tokyo Gov. Koike’s push to cuts costs. He declined to discuss specific proposals, saying he only knew about them so far from media reports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attends a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Bach expressed willingness Tuesday to work with Tokyo officials to try to reduce spiraling cost estimates for the 2020 Summer Games. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, an Illinois Department of Emergency Management sign is above the entrance to their office in Springfield, Ill. A video posted by an Illinois state agency on YouTube may have connected hundreds of people to pornography. Emails obtained by the AP show the Illinois Department of Emergency Management director was aware of the problem after someone complained, and ordered it removed. An agency spokeswoman blames YouTube for a technical glitch, but how the two got linked raises questions. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Iraqi forces are deployed during an offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants outside Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. The pace of operations slowed on Tuesday as Iraqi forces began pushing toward larger villages and encountering civilian populations on the second day of a massive operation to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, is welcomed by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike during a meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Bach expressed willingness Tuesday to work with Tokyo officials to try to reduce spiraling cost estimates for the 2020 Summer Games. Bach arrived in Japan amid growing tension between Olympic organizers and recently elected Tokyo Gov. Koike’s push to cuts costs. He declined to discuss specific proposals, saying he only knew about them so far from media reports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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This Nov. 5, 2015, photo shows a heavy earth mover building a sea wall on Majuro Atoll, Marshall. Rising seas in the Marshall Islands can be seen on many of the Atolls in the group as more coastline disappears and vegetation is washed away. The US military ignored warnings about rising seas to build a space radar costing nearly a billion dollars on a tiny atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Space Fence system is considered vital for keeping astronauts and satellites safe by tracking space junk as small as a baseball.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Orbital ATK's sixth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station is delivering over 5,100 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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Donald Trump supporters cheer during a campaign rally Oct. 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A research study finds liberal bias in the media goes back decades. (Library of Congress)
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An unnamed, newborn eastern black rhino walks around with it's mother, Ayana, Monday Oct. 17, 2016, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. The endangered eastern black rhino mother gave birth to the female, 80-pound calf on Oct. 11, and is likely the first endangered rhino born in the state of Iowa, according zoo officials. “This is an extremely significant event — not only in Blank Park Zoo’s 50 year history, but also for this critically endangered animal species,” zoo CEO Mark Vukovich said. (Rodney White/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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Environmental and wildlife campaigners gather to march to the Chinese embassy in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The protesters are angry that part of the Chinese-funded Nairobi to Mombasa railway line is due to cross the Nairobi National Park and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Chris Allejo, the director of operations for the spaying and neutering program run by the animal welfare group Poi Dogs and Popoki, pets cats at feral cat colony near Honolulu on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Conservationists are concerned about the number of feral cats roaming Hawaii because cat feces washing into the ocean can spread toxoplasmosis, which can be deadly for endangered Hawaiian monk seals. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
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Air traffic controllers and pilots stand with their ultralight aircraft on the tarmac of the Mirim Air Club on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Until a few months ago, if you wanted a bird's eye view of North Korea's capital there was basically only one option: a 150-meter tall tower across the river from Kim Il Sung Square. With the support of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has vowed to give North Koreans more modern and "cultured" ways to spend their leisure time, a Pyongyang flying club has started offering short flights over some of the capital's major sights. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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In this Sept. 30, 2016, photo, Solar Roadways founders Scott Brusaw, left, and Julie Brusaw display a one-third sized replica of one of their solar pavement panels at a news conference in Sandpoint, Idaho as Sandpoint mayor Shelby Rognstad looks on at right. Rognstad said the company is drawing visitors to the resort town. Solar Roadways recently unveiled its first public installation in a downtown plaza in the resort town of Sandpoint: about 150 square feet of hexagon-shaped solar panels that people can walk and bicycle on. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios)
