Lockheed Martin Spacecraft Has Been Resurrected for Mars Landing

Credit: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
NASA has selected the $325-million Phoenix Mars north polar lander concept as the winner of its Mars Scout program for low-cost missions to the red planet. The mission, set for launch in 2007 and a landing in May 2008, will use the Mars 2001 Surveyor lander that had its mission canceled when NASA's...

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