Mars Surveyor '98

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Mars Surveyor '98

Artworks of the mission's Mars Climate Orbiter (left) and Mars Polar Lander (right) spacecraft
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Polar Lander
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Mission insignia Mars Exploration Program ← Mars Global Surveyor Mars Surveyor 2001 →

Mars Surveyor '98 was a mission in NASA's Mars Exploration Program that launched the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander to the planet Mars. The mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, water and carbon dioxide (CO₂) budget, to understand the reservoirs, behavior, and atmospheric role of volatiles and to search for evidence of long-term and episodic climate changes.^{[citation needed]} The Mars Polar Lander also carried two surface-penetrator probes for the New Millennium Program's Deep Space 2 mission. Both spacecraft were launched in 1998 and both were lost.