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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/rolling-stones.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-5642" /><figcaption>A golf-ball-sized rock has been named after popular band Rolling Stones.</figcaption></figure>
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<p>NASA have named a rock on Mars after the Rolling Stones.</p>
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<p>The federal space agency came up with the tribute after their InSight lander knocked over a golf-ball-sized stone as it touched down on the planet in November 2018, sending it rolling a metre away.</p>
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<p>The space agency said: "It's the farthest NASA has seen a rock roll while landing a spacecraft on another planet."</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>"A huge thank you to everyone at NASA for making it happen." </p><cite>— Rolling Stones</cite></blockquote>
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<p>The group - Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood - hailed the honour as "a milestone in our long and eventful history.”</p>
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<p>They added in a statement: "A huge thank you to everyone at NASA for making it happen."</p>
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<p>The <strong>Satisfaction</strong> hitmakers honour was announced ahead of their performance at the Rose Bowl on Thursday, August 22, a venue close to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.</p>
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