Som ET - 59 - Mars - Mars Pathfinder - Sojourner Rover - 1996 The Mars Pathfinder mission, designed to demonstrate a low-cost method for delivering a set of science instruments to the Red Planet, was the first wheeled vehicle to be used on any other planet in the solar system and served as the foundation for the Mars rovers of today. The mission landed a rover -- Sojourner -- on the surface of Mars using an air bag landing system and innovative petal design, which have been used since in various

15K views · 932 reactions | Looking back at Pathfinder 25 years later: A daring team of engineers forever changed how we explore when they put our first Mars rover, Sojourner, on the Red Planet. https://go.nasa.gov/3S51Gr8 | NASA Mars | Facebook

On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red Planet. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/KbsJvoY The rover, named Sojourner, was the first rover to successfully land on Mars. Sojourner was accompanied by a lander named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. The mission used an innovative landing system to touch down on the surface. NASA cocooned the rover with airbags to cushion the impact after a parachute slowed