Status
Success
Mars Pathfinder
Launch Time
Wed Dec 04, 1996 06:58 UTC
Wed Dec 04, 1996 06:58 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Mars Pathfinder
Mars Pathfinder (MESUR Pathfinder) is 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) wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, which became the first rover to operate outside the Earth–Moon system.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 264.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1996
72nd orbital launch attempt
Delta II
54th mission
10th mission of 1996
53rd successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission