MPL Search To End Soon

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Polar Lander at December 22, 1999 12:00 PM

NASA is likely to call off in mid-January its search for the Mars Polar Lander. The 165-million-dollar lander and two mini-probes were to have searched for subterranean ice, but have remained silent since December 3, when they pierced the Martian atmosphere near the southern polar region.