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• NASA was ready for the "Super Bowl of planetary exploration," said Doug McCuistion, head of the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters. • "We score and win or we don't score and we don't win," said McCuistion. • If all goes well, mission control at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory should hear a signal at 10:31 p.m. Pacific. The space agency warned that confirmation could take longer if an orbiting spacecraft that's supposed to listen for Curiosity during the descent is not in the right place. •
Today in History The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, Aug. 5, the 218th day of 2012. There are 148 days left in the year. • • Today's Highlight in History: • On Aug. 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from "acute barbiturate poisoning." • • On this date: • In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Adm. David G. Farragut led his fleet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala. • In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal was laid on Bedloe's
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