The launch in late 1996 of the Mars Pathfinder mission with its Sojourner rover then was exciting news indeed. Before Spirit, the exceptionally long-lived Opportunity, and the relatively huge ...

Nasa's Mars Pathfinder mission revolutionised planetary exploration in 1997 with its innovative and unconventional landing ...

For example, on Mars Pathfinder, you had a little computer on board the rover, but the lander had a substantial computer, and that was the thing that was responsible for flying the spacecraft all ...

For the fourth year in a row, iridescent clouds of frozen CO2 are lighting the Martian sky. The clouds appear in the same place, at the same time of year.

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

March 29 - After a journey of more than 400 million miles, the last 130 feet apparently did in the Mars Polar Lander. The $165 million spacecraft, which was to have landed on Mars on Dec. 3, most ...

It’s famous for being involved in the NASA Mars Pathfinder mission as it was used to control the Sojourner rover. In addition to the perfect orb, it also features eight handy buttons.

Musk has long targeted a trip to Mars. In 2016, he said he was planning to send his Dragon spacecraft as early as 2018. The billionaire said in 2020 that he remained confident that his company ...