It's spine-chilling. It's…mind-boggling!" In November 1996 when Surveyor was launched, there had been no completely successful mission to Mars in 20 years. Its goal was to assemble a global ...

Phoenix was supposed to travel to Mars in 2001 as the Mars Surveyor spacecraft. They were originally part of the "better, faster, cheaper" program, formulated by then-NASA Administrator Dan Goldin ...