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...
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first Mars rover, Sojourner. In 2021, first Chinese lander and rover, Tianwen 1, successfully landed on Mars. As of 2021, all methods of landing on Mars have...
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Mars Surveyor '98 was a mission in NASA's Mars Exploration Program that launched the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander to the planet Mars...
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Surveyor '98. After the two probes of the 1998 project, Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander, were both lost, NASA's "better, faster, cheaper" exploration...
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on Mars 2 and Mars 3 landers (1971). Thomas Mutch Memorial Station, the Viking 1 lander (1976). Gerald Soffen Memorial Station, the Viking 2 lander (1976)...
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unsuccessful Mars landers. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars. Of 21 landers, the Curiosity...
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Mars Polar Lander ceased communication on 3 December 1999 prior to reaching the surface and is presumed to have crashed. The European Beagle 2 lander...
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Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance ※ Phoenix Schiaparelli EDM Sojourner Spirit Zhurong Viking 1 Viking 2 In 1999, Mars...
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attached lander. After the Mars 2 lander crashed on the Martian surface, the Mars 3 lander became the first spacecraft to attain a soft landing on Mars, on...
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are included. Geology of Mars Mars aircraft Mars Science Laboratory (Mars rover Curiosity) Phoenix spacecraft (Polar lander) Triton Hopper (Hopper spacecraft...
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Phoenix (spacecraft) (redirect from Phoenix Mars Lander)
the previous unsuccessful Mars Polar Lander mission. Lockheed Martin, who built the lander, had kept the nearly complete lander in an environmentally controlled...
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stage. The lander of Mars 2 became the first human-made object to reach the surface of Mars, although the landing system failed and the lander was lost...
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both probes: Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter), and Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander) Mars Surveyor 2001...
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changes and to act as the communications relay in the Mars Surveyor '98 program for Mars Polar Lander. However, on September 23, 1999, communication with...
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Deep Space 2 (category Missions to Mars)
highly advanced miniature space probes that were sent to Mars aboard the Mars Polar Lander in January 1999. The probes were named "Scott" and "Amundsen"...
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section for more details): Mars Observer (launched in 1992) Mars 96 (1996) Mars Climate Orbiter (1999) Mars Polar Lander with Deep Space 2 (1999) Nozomi...
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launched as part of the Mars program, it consisted of a lander, and a coast stage with instruments to study Mars as it flew past. The Mars 6 spacecraft carried...
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Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the...
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instruments, a small lander, a lander relay and a Visual Monitoring Camera, all designed to contribute to solving the mystery of Mars' missing water. All...
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the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. January 25 – The 6.2 Mw Colombia earthquake...
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2 Curiosity ※ Deep Space 2 Rosalind Franklin ⁂ InSight Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance ※ Phoenix Schiaparelli EDM Sojourner...
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Morten Bo Madsen (section Mars Polar Lander 1999)
the next generation of magnetic properties experiments for the 1999 Mars Polar Lander mission. Two of the three magnetic properties experiments were identical...
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Phobos program Mars Observer Mars Pathfinder Sojourner Mars Global Surveyor Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Polar Lander Deep Space 2 2001 Mars Odyssey Nozomi...
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Planum Australe (redirect from South pole of mars)
geology of this region was to be explored by the failed NASA mission Mars Polar Lander, which lost contact on entry into the Martian atmosphere. In July...
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The planet Mars has two permanent polar ice caps. During a pole's winter, it lies in continuous darkness, chilling the surface and causing the deposition...
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InSight (redirect from Insight lander)
Heat Transport (InSight) mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars. It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space...
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Viking program (redirect from Viking Lander)
of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface. The orbiters also served as communication relays for the landers once...
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spacecraft, including: Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) Deep Space 1 probe Mars Polar Lander and Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Odyssey orbiter Spitzer...
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2 Curiosity ※ Deep Space 2 Rosalind Franklin ⁂ InSight Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance ※ Phoenix Schiaparelli EDM Sojourner...
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Viking 2 (redirect from Viking Lander 2)
program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. Viking 2 was operational on Mars for 1281...
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