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Red Dragon is a modified SpaceX Dragon capsule for low-cost Mars lander missions using Falcon Heavy rockets. Plans call for a sample return rover to be delivered to the Martian surface while also testing techniques to enter the Martian atmosphere with equipment a human crew could eventually use.The concept was conceived to be proposed for funding in 2013 as a United States NASA Discovery mission for launch in 2018.

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