Find a crashed spaceship for NASA

NASA’s Mars Polar Lander was supposed to land on Mars in 1999 but it is believed that it crashed instead. The Mars Polar Lander was supposed to study the Martian climate as well as soil and ice close to the planet’s south pole. But mission controllers lost contact with the probe when it landed. An investigation suggested it probably smashed onto the surface at high speed because the engines that should have slowed the craft’s descent shut down too quickly. Scientists think that if they can find the Mars Polar Lander, it might provide some clues as to what went wrong.

As a result they have invited the public to look at high-resolution images of Mars for signs of the space craft. So if you are keen to give NASA a hand, or you have had enough of searching for Wally, go here to check out the images. Read more here, here or here.