Mars Pathfinder - Wikipedia
Mars Pathfinder[1] was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. 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, [4] the first rover to operate outside the Earth–Moon system.
Carl Sagan - Wikipedia
Carl Edward Sagan (/ ˈseɪɡən /; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.
Mars Pathfinder - NASA Science
Dec 4, 1996 · NASA’s Mars Pathfinder successfully demonstrated a new way to safely land on the Red Planet and deliver the first-ever robotic rover, Sojourner, to the Martian surface. Mars Pathfinder launched Dec. 4, 1996 and landed on Mars' Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997.
Mars Pathfinder, the start of modern Mars ... - The Planetary Society
After the mission, the lander — which carried the names of over 100,000 Planetary Society members on a microchip — was named the Sagan Memorial Station in honor of our co-founder Carl Sagan. Pathfinder was developed in just three years as the second mission under NASA’s then-fresh Discovery program , which aimed to send highly focused ...
25 Years Ago: Mars Pathfinder Launches to Mars to Deploy ... - NASA
Dec 7, 2021 · Following the landing in the Ares Vallis (Valley of Mars), an ancient flood plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere, Mars Pathfinder was redesignated the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, after the late noted astronomer and planetologist. its deployment to the surface.
Pathfinder and Sojourner: 10 Years Later - NASA
Mar 23, 2008 · The Mars Pathfinder mission and its gutsy rover, Sojourner, fascinated the world as they performed nearly flawlessly on our neighboring planet. The lander, formally named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station following its successful touchdown, and the rover, named after American civil rights crusader Sojourner Truth, both outlived their design lives ...
Sojourner (rover) - Wikipedia
Another scene shows a plaque marking the landing site of the rover on board the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. [81] In the episode "Terra Prime", Sojourner is briefly seen on the surface of Mars as a monument. In Andy Weir's 2011 novel The Martian, [82] and the 2015 film based on it, [83] the protagonist Mark Watney is stranded on Mars.
Mars Pathfinder | NASA, Sojourner Rover & Red Planet …
Oct 24, 2024 · The spacecraft consisted of two small elements, a 370-kg (816-pound) lander and a 10.6-kg (23-pound) rover. Once on the surface, the lander was formally named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station after the 20th-century American astronomer. The rover was named Sojourner in honour of the 19th-century African American civil rights advocate Sojourner Truth.
Sojourner — The first successful Mars rover | Space
Nov 27, 2024 · Launched on Dec. 4, 1996, and landing on July 4, 1997, the mission successfully delivered the first rover, Sojourner, to the Martian surface via the Pathfinder lander. One of its most notable...
Carl Sagan Memorial Station | Memory Alpha | Fandom
The Carl Sagan Memorial Station was a location on Mars, marked by a monument and not far from the terraforming verteron array. It was the spot where the NASA rover Sojourner, launched in the late 20th century, finally came to rest after its mission of exploration.