A $327.6M Mars mission was lost after a unit mismatch changed every thruster impulse by 4.45x. Ground software supplied pound-force seconds; navigation expected newton-seconds. Mars Climate Orbiter, meant to pass 226 km above Mars, came within 57 km of the surface.

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A Unit Error Dooms a Mars Mission

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NASA pierde contacto con la sonda Mars Climate Orbiter en 1999

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NASA perde contatto con la sonda Mars Climate Orbiter nel 1999

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Die NASA verliert 1999 den Kontakt zur Sonde Mars Climate Orbiter.

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A NASA perde contato com a sonda Mars Climate Orbiter em 1999

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O **27.º aniversário** da perda de comunicação…

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Unit Error traces Mars Climate Orbiter’s last approach—a restrained space t-shirt for stargazers who know one missed conversion can move worlds. Ships to US & Canada.

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NASA lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999.

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The **27th anniversary** of the loss of communication…

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NASA a perdu le contact avec la sonde Mars Climate Orbiter en 1999.

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #48: The Mars Climate Orbiter.
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In 1999, NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter crashed due to a navigation error caused by a mix-up between the spacecraft's navigation software using metric units, while ground-based software provided data in imperial units.

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Astronomy Picture from 24/12/1998

Mars Climate Orbiter Launches

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