... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov . MarsPolarLander Mission Status . December 10, 1999 . ... Flight controllers for MarsPolarLander continued their attempts to communicate ...
... The atmospheric sounding instrument aboard MarsPolarLander is the LIDAR - Light ... The LIDAR system is a laser sounder located on the MarsPolarLander deck. ... The diagram below depicts how LIDAR is attached to MarsPolarLander platform.. ...
... Seasonal Changes In Mars' North Polar Ice Cap (HST 1997) 50k jpg ; 278k jpg ( caption ) . Three faces of Mars by WFPC2 136k gif ; ( caption ) . ...
... also serve as a data relay satellite for the Mars '98 Lander and other future NASA and international lander missions to Mars ... The orbiter will use aerobraking in the atmosphere of Mars to achieve a polar orbit about the planet. ...
... Mars Global Surveyor mission is designed as a rapid, low-cost recovery of the Mars ... in the atmosphere of Mars, the weather and climate of Mars, the composition of the ...
... to imaging the surface to find appropriate landing sites for the Viking Landers ... Viking Lander 2 ended communications on April 11, 1980, and Viking Lander 1 on ... Once on the surface of Mars, the lander surveyed the soil, wind, and atmosphere and ...