Posted January 2000: Mars Polar Lander
Recently, NASA just sent a 165 million dollar "Mars Polar Lander" to Mars. Supposedly, it was suposed to get samples, survey the area, and etc. However, it lost conection on December 7th.
For more info, go to
here
or
Nasa's site
Here is a joke for why it went wrong: (from theoinion.com)
The San Jose Mercury News had this funny Jumpstart cartoon about the Mars lander too: