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KSC-98pc1601
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In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians lower the Mars Polar Lander onto a workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments and basic spacecraft subsystems. The solar-powered spacecraft, targeted for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station aboard a Delta II rocket on Jan. 3, 1999, 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-98pc1601. NASA/KSC, 1998-10-23. Public domain. ID: KSC-98pc1601.
