NASA gives up search for missing Mars orbiter

Posted by jburk to Mars Polar Lander at September 24, 1999 12:00 PM

NASA scientists have given up their search for the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter, which was lost after a navigation error pushed it fatally close to the planet on Thursday. "The spacecraft has been declared lost," said Mary Beth Murrill, a spokeswoman for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.