NASA/JPL · Aerospace · 2008
Polar Mars lander equipped with a 2.35 m robotic arm capable of digging trenches to access subsurface water ice. Confirmed the presence of water ice on Mars and detected perchlorates in the soil. Built on Mars Surveyor 2001 spare hardware. Operated for 157 sols (5 months) at 68°N latitude before the Martian winter ended its mission.
| Category | Aerospace |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2008 |
| Origin | USA |
| Height | 2200 mm |
| Weight | 350 kg |
| Payload | 0.5 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 4 |
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