Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner Investigation
MSSS President, Michael C. Malin, was a Mars Pathfinder Participating Scientist. He chaired the Geology and Geomorphology Science Operations Working Group during the mission. (The above picture is from a Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image and shows the Mars Pathfinder site at roughly 6.6 m (21.5 feet) per pixel as it appeared in April 1998).
Launch: 4 December 1996 | Landed: 4 July 1997 | Last Contact: 27 September 1997 |
NASA Mars Pathfinder Official Website | NASA Mars Pathfinder Kennedy Space Center Website |