Aerial search turns up no trace of Mars Polar Lander

Posted by jburk to Mars Polar Lander at December 31, 1999 12:00 PM

Scientists trying to track down the Mars Polar Lander reported this week that an initial search conducted last week failed to find any trace of the lost probe. Scientists at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego aimed a powerful camera on the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor at the lander's intended touchdown site, but the images it captured showed no sign of the $165 million spacecraft.