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KSC-98pc1832

NASA / KSC · 1998-12-02 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — On Pad 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the fairing for the upper stages of the Delta II rocket carrying the Mars Polar Lander is prepared for lowering toward the rocket below. The lander, which will be launched on Jan. 3, 1999, is a solar-powered spacecraft 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.

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Credit lineKSC-98pc1832. NASA/KSC, 1998-12-02. Public domain. ID: KSC-98pc1832.
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