Posted by jburk to Mars Polar Lander at August 26, 1999 12:00 PM

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.