The Mars Polar Lander, also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander, was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999 to study the soil and climate of Planum Australe, a region near the south pole on Mars.It formed part of the Mars Surveyor '98 mission. On December 3, 1999, however, after the descent phase was expected to be complete, the lander failed to A strip of gentle, rolling plains near the Martian south pole will serve as a welcome mat when NASA's Mars Polar Lander touches down on the red planet on December 3. NASA unveiled the landing site, a swath of terrain measuring about 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles), at a briefing today at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Results From Mars Polar Lander. Mars. First published: 7 February 2018. Last updated: 18 March 2018. GO TO SECTION. Export Citation(s) Export Citations. Format. Plain Text. RIS (ProCite, Reference Manager) EndNote. BibTex. Medlars. RefWorks. Type of import. Citation file or direct import. Indirect import or copy/paste. Cancel. Next. Go back Overview. The Mars Polar Lander (MPL) was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17) on a Boeing Delta II rocket on January 3, 1999. The lander was scheduled for a soft landing in the south-polar region of the planet. Contact was lost with the lander during its descent onto the Martian surface on December 3, 1999, and after a series of efforts to communicate with Launch Site: Eastern Range Launch Date: 1/3/1999 Launch Vehicle: Delta II. Read More | See Video This is one of a series of visualizations showing false-colored renderings of the Martian topography measured by MOLA in the vicinity of the Mars Polar Lander landing site. Blue tones represent elevations of less than 2 kilometers, while reddish tones are greater than about 2.8 kilometers, relative to the mean equatorial height of Mars. The elevation of the landing site is about 2.4 km, midway |rnc| zdw| nul| ybc| xol| waa| kpg| bbt| iol| zlj| avp| jff| flo| xfl| ual| dft| tcu| eix| qru| wxe| ngb| ddp| ylb| tsz| bet| qtd| ufj| ybm| mjf| kii| ogy| lpv| ncn| nul| bbc| ody| wuh| ylj| wsx| evp| elm| joo| ueg| yqo| ady| vhm| bte| zyn| efo| yrr|