jan 3, 1999 - Deep Space 2 is Launched
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Deep Space 2 was a NASA probe part of the New Millennium Program. It included two highly advanced miniature space probes that were sent to Mars aboard the Mars Polar Lander. The probes were named "Scott" and "Amundsen", after the first explorers to reach the Earth's South Pole, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen.
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The Exploration of Mars Through the Years
VIS 41 Project; Section A05
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