Some of the excited engineers and staff on landing day. Click on
image for full size Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Headlines declare: Mars Pathfinder Lands on July 4th The Mars
Pathfinder was launched on a rocket last December. The
spacecraft landed on Mars on July 4th, 1997. If you had the
chance to visit Mars, you might take pictures of your trip. This
is exactly what the Mars Pathfinder does. It has a camera that
will take pictures of Mars. If you were on the surface of Mars,
you might collect rocks there. The Pathfinder spacecraft has a
rover that does this. The rover searches the surface of Mars and
collects rocks that can be tested. Mars Pathfinder will finish
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