Mars Polar Lander - Revision history

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Overview

Ioneill at 19:43, 21 April 2007

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Ioneill at 19:31, 21 April 2007

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Ioneill at 19:12, 21 April 2007

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Ioneill: adding the ill-fated mission to the south pole :-(

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adding the ill-fated mission to the south pole :-(

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==Overview==
The '''Mars Polar Lander''' (MPL) was launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17) on a [[Delta II|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 the spacecraft failed, on January 17, 2000, the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], who managed the mission, declared it a loss.

[[Image:Marssurveyor98.gif|thumb|right|400px|The official mission patch for the ill-fated Mars Polar Surveyor mission.]]

==Mission Facts==

Spacecraft Dimensions: 3.5 feet (1.06 meters) tall by 12 feet (3.6 meters) wide.

Spacecraft Weight:
* Total: 576 kg (1,270 pounds)
* Lander: 290 kg (639 pounds)
* Propellant: 64 kg (141 pounds)
* Cruise Stage: 82 kg (181 pounds)
* Aeroshell & Heat Shield: 140 kg (309 pounds)

Science Instruments:
* Deep Space 2 Microprobes
* Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS), consisting of surface imager, robotic arm, meteorology package, and thermal and evolved gas analyzer.
* Mars Descent Imager (MARDI)
* Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and Mars Microphone

Misc: A CDROM with over 932,000 names is carried on the lander.

==External Links==
* [http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/lander/mission.html The JPL Mars Polar Lander mission site]

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 ==Overview==
-The '''Mars Polar Lander''' (MPL) was launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Station]] Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17) on a [[Delta II|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 the spacecraft failed, on January 17, 2000, the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], who managed the mission, declared it a loss.
+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 the spacecraft failed, on January 17, 2000, the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], who managed the mission, declared it a loss.
 ==Mission Facts==

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 ==Overview==
 The '''Mars Polar Lander''' (MPL) was launched from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17) on a [[Delta II|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 the spacecraft failed, on January 17, 2000, the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], who managed the mission, declared it a loss.
 ==Mission Facts==
 Spacecraft Dimensions: 3.5 feet (1.06 meters) tall by 12 feet (3.6 meters) wide.