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Fifteen million stamps were printed. The stamp is based on the first image received from the Mars Pathfinder after its landing on the Martian surface July 4, 1997, which shows the Sojourner rover resting on the Pathfinder with a panoramic view of the Ares Vallis region in the background. The stamp's reverse bears text about the Pathfinder mission.
In November 1997, to commemorate achievements of Mars Pathfinder program, $3 Priority Mail stamp was issued, and 15 million stamps have been printed. "Based on the first image received from the Mars Pathfinder after its landing on the Martian surface July 4, 1997, the stamp features the Sojourner rover resting on the Pathfinder with a panoramic ...
Mars Pathfinder [1] was 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 (23 lb) wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, [4] the first rover to operate outside the Earth–Moon system.
Astronomers reflect on the 25th anniversary of the Mars rover landing, the first wheeled robot to roam a planet.
1 July 1997: Source: Mars Pathfinder Landing - NASA's Mars Exploration Program Press Kit: Author: NASA: Licensing. Public domain Public domain false false:
The MAE integration module. The MAE was mounted to the left-front top corner of the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner rover.. The Materials Adherence Experiment (MAE) was a material science experiment conducted between July 4, 1997, and August 12, 1997, during NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission. [1]
July 4, 1997 Completed in 1998 Joseph Boyce 265 (1998) [9] Mars Pathfinder was a lander and rover designed to study Mars's geology and climate, as well as to demonstrate rover technology on another planet. It launched about a month after the Mars Global Surveyor, on December 4, 1996. After entering the Martian atmosphere, the hypersonic capsule ...
Pages in category "1997 on Mars" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Mars Pathfinder; S. Sojourner (rover) This page was ...