| NASA loses Mars
Climate Orbiter
Dipping too low
into the Martian atmosphere, the Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burned
up or was torn apart on September 23, minutes after it was to have
entered orbit around the Red Planet.
References:
Information
about the Mars Climate Orbiter is available at http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/mission.html
and http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/status/mco/mco990924.html.
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1998. Scooping up a chunk of Mars. Science
News 153(April 25):265.
______. 1993. NASA
loses contact with Mars Observer. Science News 144(Aug. 28):134.
Sources:
Richard W. Zurek
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mailstop Code 169-237
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 14, October 2, 1999, p. 214. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |