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Mars Polar Lander At Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers begin fitting the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander. The rocket is scheduled to launch Jan. 3, 1999. The lander 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. The lander also will help scientists learn more about climate change and current resources on Mars, studying such things as frost, dust, water vapor and condensates in the Martian atmosphere. It is the second spacecraft to be launched in a pair of Mars Surveyor '98 missions.
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Mars Polar Lander
Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1923
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At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mars Polar Lander (top) and the Boeing Delta II rocket to which it's attached sit ready for the fairing to be attached.

Mars Polar Lander
Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1924
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At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers look over the Mars Polar Lander (top) atop the Boeing Delta II rocket as it sits ready for the fairing to be attached.

Mars Polar Lander
Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1925
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Workers begin fitting the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander.

Mars Polar Lander
Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1926
High Resolution JPEG - 712K
Sections of the fairing near closure around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander.

Mars Polar Lander
Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1927
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Workers check the closure of the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander.

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Mars Polar Lander At Kennedy Space Center KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers begin fitting the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander. The rocket is scheduled to launch Jan. 3, 1999. The lander 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. The lander also will help scientists learn more about climate change and current resources on Mars, studying such things as frost, dust, water vapor and condensates in the Martian atmosphere. It is the second spacecraft to be launched in a pair of Mars Surveyor '98 missions. No copyright protection is asserted for this photography. If a recognizable person appears in this photograph, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA employees of a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration Clicking on any of the thumbnail images below will bring up a higher resolution version of that image.
Mars Polar Lander Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1923 High Resolution JPEG - 838K At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mars Polar Lander (top) and the Boeing Delta II rocket to which it's attached sit ready for the fairing to be attached.	Mars Polar Lander Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1924 High Resolution JPEG - 1.1 MB At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers look over the Mars Polar Lander (top) atop the Boeing Delta II rocket as it sits ready for the fairing to be attached.
Mars Polar Lander Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1925 High Resolution JPEG - 1.0 MB Workers begin fitting the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander.	Mars Polar Lander Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1926 High Resolution JPEG - 712K Sections of the fairing near closure around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander.
Mars Polar Lander Photo Number: KSC-98PC-1927 High Resolution JPEG - 1.2 MB Workers check the closure of the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander.

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