Mars Polar Lander makes trajectory correction
Controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory executed a trajectory correction maneuver on the Mars Polar Lander Saturday, firing the spacecraft's thrusters for 12 seconds to set up a Dec. 3 landing at its primary landing site near the planet's South Pole. The maneuver was ordered after a top-level...
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