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KSC-98pc1210
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The Mars Polar Lander is uncrated in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Polar Lander is targeted for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station aboard a Delta II rocket on Jan. 3, 1999. The solar-powered spacecraft is designed to touch down on the Martian surface near the northern-most boundary of the south pole in order to study the water cycle there.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-98pc1210. NASA/KSC, 1998-10-02. Public domain. ID: KSC-98pc1210.
