On this date, Jan. 3, 1999, NASA launched the Mars Polar Lander as part of then -NASA administrator Dan Goldin’s “Better, Faster, Cheaper” initiative. But as the saying goes, you can only ...

Mars enthusiasts can comb through thousands of new satellite pictures of the red planet, ... 3.71. 1394.72. S&P. 10.90. 879.91 ... Search for the lost Mars Polar Lander -- in 3-D ...

In January 1999, NASA's Mars Polar Lander roared away from Earth on a bold mission to explore a unique region of the Red Planet. The spacecraft was to gently set itself down near the border of ...

How Mars Polar Lander helped Spirit Many lessons that NASA learned from failed Mars missions helped land the Spirit succesfully. Jan. 12, 2004, 10:53 PM UTC / Source : Space.com ...

Nearly six years after NASA's Mars Polar Lander (search) vanished during a landing attempt on the Red Planet, a scientist said he has spotted what appears to be wreckage of the spacecraft.

Just as NASA was about to abandon efforts to contact the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft, which vanished last Dec. 3, a radio signal Jan. 4 buoyed hopes that the craft was still alive on the Red Planet.

Did the Mars Polar Lander phone home last month, and will it ever do so again? Since last Dec. 3, when the spacecraft vanished shortly before it was scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet (SN ...

P A S E D E N A,   Calif.,   Jan. 6 -- The vanished Mars Polar Lander could have tumbled down a canyon on the Red Planet, but investigators so far have uncovered no evidence supporting a ...

Mars Polar Lander was lost during an attempted landing on December 3, 1999 near the planet’s south pole. Since that time, several searches by the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor have been carried ...

Finding the whereabouts of NASA’s Mars Polar Lander might offer some clues about its true fate. But there is a good scientific reason to spot the wreckage as well – a motive tied to life on ...