Mars Pathfinder

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Mars Pathfinder

Mars Sojourner -

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Class: Planetary. Type: Mars. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA/JPL.

Mars lander with surface rover. Landed a mini-rover to the Mars surface. Test of airbag and rover technologies. First successful Mars landing mission since Viking.

Specification

Mars Pathfinder Chronology

04 December 1996 Mars Pathfinder Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925.

En route Mars

Bibliography:

4 - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. HTML when accessed: ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news

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