SPACE NOTES

A lost probe, and a mystery to this day

By ALEX SHEETS/Contributing Writer
Posted 1/17/25

 

On Jan. 3, 1999, NASA launched an ambitious spacecraft named Mars Polar Lander. As the name suggests, its main objective was to land at the south pole of Mars and dig for water ice via a …

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