Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red Planet.

Seven rovers have been sent to Mars, four successful, all of them robotically operated. The American rover Sojourner, Mars Pathfinder, landed successfully on July 4, 1997 and began sending back a ...

NASA's unwavering commitment to exploring the stars has led to incredible insight into the stars. In 1997, NASA landed their first rover on our planetary neighbour Mars. Sojourner became the first ...

Millions of viewers watched in fascination in July 1997 as the Mars "rover" Sojourner (named after Sojourner Truth) maneuvered around the Red Planet's surface like an interplanetary dune buggy, ...

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