visibility Similar

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Satish Krishnan (right) from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory places a Mars microprobe on a workstand. In the background, Chris Voorhees watches. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the Mars Polar Lander, scheduled to be launched Jan. 3, 1999, aboard a Delta II rocket. 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. 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. The Mars microprobes, called Deep Space 2, are part of NASA's New Millennium Program. They will complement the climate-related scientific focus of the lander by demonstrating an advanced, rugged microlaser system for detecting subsurface water. Such data on polar subsurface water, in the form of ice, should help put limits on scientific projections for the global abundance of water on Mars KSC-98pc1628

U.S. Navy Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Shamique

Courtesy photo - A group of people standing around a room filled with lots of batteries

200314-N-VA840-0005 SOUTH CHINA SEA – (March 14, 2020)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft MEDIA DAY GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

President George W. Bush Tours the Erlanger Hospital-Baroness Campus

Members of the Tobias group check the beam intensity for a "brain mapping" experiment. Left to right: John Lyman, Howard Chung, Nicholas Yanni, and Jean Luce. Morgue 1961-51 (P-2) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

AWARENESS SERIES FOR LEWIS NEWS CENTERFOLD

Grounds & facilities - heavy equipment lab, FEL

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Chris Voorhees and Satish Krishnan from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory remove a microprobe which will hitchhike on the Mars Polar Lander. Scheduled to be launched Jan. 3, 1999, aboard a Delta II rocket, 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. 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. The Mars microprobes, called Deep Space 2, are part of NASA's New Millennium Program. They will complement the climate-related scientific focus of the lander by demonstrating an advanced, rugged microlaser system for detecting subsurface water. Such data on polar subsurface water, in the form of ice, should help put limits on scientific projections for the global abundance of water on Mars KSC-98pc1627

description

Summary

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Chris Voorhees and Satish Krishnan from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory remove a microprobe which will hitchhike on the Mars Polar Lander. Scheduled to be launched Jan. 3, 1999, aboard a Delta II rocket, 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. 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. The Mars microprobes, called Deep Space 2, are part of NASA's New Millennium Program. They will complement the climate-related scientific focus of the lander by demonstrating an advanced, rugged microlaser system for detecting subsurface water. Such data on polar subsurface water, in the form of ice, should help put limits on scientific projections for the global abundance of water on Mars

Nothing Found.

label_outline

Tags

kennedy space center spacecraft encapsulation encapsulation facility saef chris voorhees chris voorhees satish krishnan satish krishnan jet propulsion laboratory microprobe hitchhike mars polar lander mars polar lander delta rocket delta ii rocket touch martian surface martian surface northern most boundary northern most boundary pole order study water cycle water cycle scientists climate change climate change resources things frost dust vapor water vapor condensates atmosphere martian atmosphere mars microprobes deep deep space new millennium program new millennium program complement focus microlaser system microlaser system such such data form ice projections abundance mars ksc jpl laboratory science nasa florida cape canaveral
date_range

Date

10/11/1998
place

Location

create

Source

NASA
link

Link

https://images.nasa.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

label_outline Explore Microprobe, Hitchhike, Microlaser

Topics

kennedy space center spacecraft encapsulation encapsulation facility saef chris voorhees chris voorhees satish krishnan satish krishnan jet propulsion laboratory microprobe hitchhike mars polar lander mars polar lander delta rocket delta ii rocket touch martian surface martian surface northern most boundary northern most boundary pole order study water cycle water cycle scientists climate change climate change resources things frost dust vapor water vapor condensates atmosphere martian atmosphere mars microprobes deep deep space new millennium program new millennium program complement focus microlaser system microlaser system such such data form ice projections abundance mars ksc jpl laboratory science nasa florida cape canaveral