Mars microprobes pave way for future planetary exploration

Two microprobes that will slam into the surface of Mars after a piggyback ride to the Red Planet on the Mars Polar Lander could pave the way for a new generation of robotic planetary science probes, according to the NASA project's manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Scheduled to be the second...

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