Surveyor probing Mars as next missions approach horizon

Posted by jburk to Mars Polar Lander at July 13, 1998 12:00 PM

A year ago, the world was captivated by pictures of the desolate, salomon-colored surface of Mars beamed back from NASA's Pathfinder probe. But if you thought the exploration of the Red Planet was over when the robotic lander and its tiny rover, Sojourner, died last fall, you're wrong.