Mars Pathfinder Project Information
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Aerospace Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Visuals |
| Media Type: |
Video |
| Author(s): |
David Williams |
| Description: | Launched on December 4, 1996, NASA's Pathfinder impacted the surface of Mars on July 4, 1997 with the first Mars rover called the Sojourner. The Mars Pathfinder impacted the surface on July 4 at a velocity of about 18 m/s (40 mph) and bounced about 15 meters (50 feet) into the air, bouncing another 15 times and rolling before coming to rest approximately 2.5 minutes after impact and about 1 km from the initial impact site. The landing site has since been named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. The Mars Pathfinder's Sojourner Rover rolled onto Mars' surface on July 6 with images showing the rover completely off the ramp, all six wheels on the martian soil. A 9-frame movie of the Sojourner's descent down the ramp is also available from this site (~500 K). This site has many images and a video. |
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| Keywords: | mars rover mars exploration space exploration mars pathfinder mission mars sojourner rover |
| Has Components: |
Mars Pathfinder Color Images Movie of the Pathfinder's Sojourner Rover on Mars |
| Usage Tip | |
| Use of Resource: |
Useful historical technical facts could be used as a reference. Excellent images and a video could be used for class presentations. |
| Difficulty: |
Difficult |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | August 2005 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mesur.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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