 | Mars Sojourner
Credit - NASA
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Class: Planetary. Type: Mars Rover. Destination: 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.
Mars Pathfinder Chronology - 1996 December 4 - Mars Pathfinder - Program: Discovery. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta.
En route Mars
- 1996 December 4 - MPF Cruise Stage - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta.
- 1996 December 4 - Sojourner - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta.
- 1997 July 4 - Mars Pathfinder Landing On Mars -
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
- NASA Report, 1996 Mars Missions Press Kit, Web Address when accessed: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/m96pkt.pdf.
- NASA Report, Mars Pathfinder Landing Press Kit, Web Address when accessed: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/presskit/1997/mpflanhq.pdf.
- NASA Report, Mars Pathfinder Fact Sheet, Web Address when accessed: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/mpf.pdf.
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