May 2005 in Science - May 5, 2005

May 5, 2005

• The Mars Global Surveyor probe currently in orbit around Mars finds the landing site of the Viking 2 mars lander and possibly also the landing site of the failed Mars Polar Lander mission. (Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS))
• India's space agency ISRO, using its PSLV-C6 rocket, successfully launches two satellites into orbit from the Sriharikota launch site: the 1560 kg CARTOSAT-1 stereoscopic IRS series Earth observation satellite, and the 42.5 kg HAMSAT amateur radio communications satellite. (SpaceDaily)