Capitol Hill lawmakers who oversee NASA programs reacted supportively Thursday to word the agency’s Mars Climate Orbiter may have crashed into the red planet’s surface.
September 22nd, 1999
Climate Orbiter has a date with history, and Mars, on Thursday Space Today
For Climate Orbiter, Mars is only 133,000 miles away. A NASA spacecraft is closing in fast today for an early Thursday arrival at the Red Planet, where it is to make an unprecedented study of Martian weather.
September 22nd, 1999
All eyes on the Red Planet as space probe draws near Space Today
There’s no doubt about it: The UFOs are controlled by alien life forms, and more spacecraft are on the way. To Mars, that is.
August 26th, 1999
NASA reveals landing site for next Martian probe Space Today
It has everything a spacecraft needs in a landing site on Mars: 24-hours of sunlight, flat terrain and few rocks. On Wednesday, NASA scientists showed off the region chosen for the planned Dec. 3 landing of their Mars Polar Lander spacecraft. One of two craft en route to Mars, the probe is to land near the South Pole and search for water.