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"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 view of the Ares Vallis region of Mars in the background. Informational text about the Pathfinder mission is printed on the reverse of the stamp sheet."
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.
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.
Sojourner rover, Mars Pathfinder, landed successfully on July 4, 1997. Communications were lost on September 27, 1997. Sojourner had traveled a distance of just over 100 meters (330 ft). [17] Spirit (MER-A), Mars Exploration Rover (MER), launched on June 10, 2003, [18] and landed on January 4, 2004.
First rover to reach Mars. Lost when Mars 2 landing system crash landed on Mars. Mars 3: PrOP-M: USSR: 2 December 1971: First rover to successfully land on Mars. The lander stopped communicating about 110 seconds after landing, before the rover was deployed. Mars Pathfinder: Sojourner: NASA: 4 July 1997
Mars Pathfinder was a U.S. spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars on July 4, 1997. It consisted of a lander and a small 10.6-kilogram (23 lb) wheeled robotic rover named Sojourner, which was the first rover to operate on the surface of Mars.
Two Mars Penetrators to have been deployed by Mars 96. Mars 96 penetrator Penetrator Launch failure Lost with Mars 96: 29 Mars Pathfinder: Mars Pathfinder: 4 December 1996: NASA United States: Lander Successful Landed at 19.13°N 33.22°W on 4 July 1997, [17] Last contact on 27 September 1997 Delta II 7925: Sojourner: Rover Successful