Mars Polar Lander en route to December landing
NASA's Mars Polar Lander was operating well yesterday after a Sunday launch to the Red Planet's south pole, with a balky star tracker giving controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory their main concern a day after liftoff. Engineers did not expect the problem with the guidance device to threaten...
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