Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft, launched by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on December 4, 1996, that landed a base station and roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight 10.6 kilogram wheeled rover named Sojourner, the first rover to operate outside the Earth-Moon system.
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Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful lander and rover mission; last contact occurred September 27, 1997 and the mission was formally terminated March 10, 1998 after five months of restoration attempts, likely due to battery degradation. 1 Mission Type
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Source Wikipedia: Sojourner (rover)
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Mission Type (category): Lander / Rover
- Mission Type (category): Rover Mission
- Mission Type: Lander, rover
- Launch Date: 1996-12-04
- Outcome: Successful lander and rover mission; last contact occurred September 27, 1997 and the mission was formally terminated March 10, 1998 after five months of restoration attempts, likely due to battery degradation.
2. Mars Pathfinder (Wikipedia)
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was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997
Mars Pathfinder article, lead section
a lightweight, 10.6 kg (23 lb) wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, the first rover to operate outside the Earth-Moon system
Article text
It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight, 10.6 kg (23 lb) wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, the first rover to operate outside the Earth-Moon system.
Mars Pathfinder article, end of mission section
the mission was terminated on March 10, 1998
Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operating-agency
Launched on December 4, 1996, by NASA aboard a Delta II booster a month after the Mars Global Surveyor, it landed on July 4, 1997, on Mars's Ares Vallis.
Operated By: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lead paragraph, operating-agency
Launched on December 4, 1996, by NASA aboard a Delta II booster a month after the Mars Global Surveyor, it landed on July 4, 1997, on Mars's Ares Vallis.
Includes: Mars Pathfinder, Lead paragraph, part-of
Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997.
Spacecraft Of: Mars Pathfinder, Lead section
It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight, 10.6 kg (23 lb) wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, the first rover to operate outside the Earth-Moon system.
Includes: Sojourner, Lead section
It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight, 10.6 kg (23 lb) wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, the first rover to operate outside the Earth-Moon system.
In Group: NASA Mars Missions, Lead sentence
Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997.
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In 1997 Mars Pathfinder became the first successful rover mission beyond the Moon and started together with Mars Global Surveyor (operated until late 2006) an uninterrupted active robotic presence at Mars that has lasted until today.
Wikipedia: Sojourner (rover)
Wikimedia FoundationSpacecraft Of: Sojourner, Lead paragraph, mission-ofQuote, Spacecraft Of: Sojourner, Lead paragraph, mission-of
The Sojourner rover was a vehicle that reached Mars on July 4, 1997 as part of the Mars Pathfinder mission.
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