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Mars Polar Lander spaceprobe - Artist view

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: e-son27-62301

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 13 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

1999 - FAILURE - ILLUSTRATION - MARS - MARS POLAR LANDER - MARTIAN SURFACE - PLANET - SOIL - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -