After the Mars Polar Lander entered the Martian atmosphere in December 1999, all contact was lost. Over the years, HiRISE has imaged the landing ellipse in Planum Australe to possibly locate it as we did with Beagle 2.

ID: ESP_056857_1040
date: 12 September 2018
altitude: 247 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_056857_1040
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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