Deep Space 2 Scott was one of NASA’s twin Mars penetrators carried with Mars Polar Lander. Launched on 3 January 1999, it was intended to impact Mars on 3 December to test subsurface water-ice technology; contact with the probes was lost on arrival.
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Scott penetratorDeep Space 2 ScottDS2 Scott
Name
Deep Space 2 Scott
Status
lost
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Deep Space 2 Scott was one of NASA’s twin Mars penetrators carried with Mars Polar Lander. Launched on 3 January 1999, it was intended to impact Mars on 3 December to test subsurface water-ice technology; contact with the probes was lost on arrival.