References & Sources

Polar Lander’s silence deals NASA a setback

Two months after it lost the Mars Climate Orbiter, NASA failed to establish contact with the Mars Polar Lander after it descended through the Red Planet’s atmosphere.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1999. Math error equals loss of Mars orbiter. Science News 156(Oct. 9):229.

Additional information about the Mars Polar Lander can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/.

Sources:

Richard Cook
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 373. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.