Probe test

Two miniature 2kg science probes designed to penetrate the Martian surface after flying piggyback on the Mars Surveyor 98 Lander mission, in December 1999, have been tested successfully. Test articles of the probes - containing a drill and batteries, which will fly the second New Millennium programme mission to test ...

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