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==Aftermath==

Despite the failures of Mars Polar Lander and the two Deep Space 2 probes, [[Planum Australe]], which served as their exploration target,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.americaspace.com/2019/01/06/could-not-have-survived-20-years-since-nasas-ill-fated-mars-polar-lander/|title='Could Not Have Survived': 20 Years Since NASA's Ill-Fated Mars Polar Lander|first=Ben|last=Evans|publisher=AmericaSpace|date=2019|accessdate=15 April 2022}}</ref> would in later years be explored by European Space Agency's [[MARSIS]] radar, which examined and analyzed the site from Mars' orbit and even determined that the area had water beneath its vast area of ice.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Orosei, R.|display-authors=etal|title=Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars |date=25 July 2018 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=361 |issue=6401 |pages=490–493 |doi=10.1126/science.aar7268|arxiv=2004.04587 |pmid=30045881 |hdl=11573/1148029|doi-access=free |bibcode=2018Sci...361..490O }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |last2=Overbye |first2=Dennis |author-link2=Dennis Overbye |title=A Watery Lake Is Detected on Mars, Raising the Potential for Alien Life - The discovery suggests that watery conditions beneath the icy southern polar cap may have provided one of the critical building blocks for life on the red planet. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/science/mars-liquid-alien-life.html |date=25 July 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=15 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Huge reservoir of liquid water detected under the surface of Mars |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/aaft-hro072318.php |work=[[EurekAlert]]|date=25 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44952710 |work=[[BBC News]]|date=25 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2022 }}</ref> Images which were obtained from MARSIS also determined that the water discovered beneath Planum Australe was in fact [[saltwater]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lauro, Sebastian Emanuel |display-authors=et al. |title=Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1200-6 |date=28 September 2020 |journal=[[Nature Astronomy]] |volume=5 |pages=63–70 |doi=10.1038/s41550-020-1200-6 |access-date=15 April 2022 |arxiv=2010.00870 |s2cid=244973225 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=O'Callaghan |first=Jonathan |title=Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues scientists - Researchers have detected a group of lakes hidden under the red planet's icy surface. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02751-1 |date=28 September 2020 |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |doi=10.1038/d41586-020-02751-1 |pmid=32989309 |s2cid=222155190 |access-date=15 April 2022 }}</ref>