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The Slingshot To mars The gravitational pull that will launch us to the red planet By Ben Pont

Second, the rocket will use the moon’s gravitational pull to circle around the Moon to build up momentum before launching away towards Mars.

This is not NASA’s only plan to get to the red planet. NASA’s other plan uses Venus instead of the moon.

Information by NASA and Space.

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