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Mars Polar Lander spaceprobe - Artist view
- Reference
- e-son27-62302
- Date
- 2010-10-18
The Mars Polar Lander is shown on the surface of Mars.
The spacecraft was launched in january 1999 to Mars to land near
the southern polar cap in December 1999 and carry out a three-
month mission to search for traces of subsurface water in this
frozen, layered terrain. The contact with the spacecraft was lost on december 3, 1999, shortly after it entered the Martian atmosphere.