OTD In Space - July 4: Mars Pathfinder Arrives On Mars from images of poison ivy on skin Watch Video
Preview(s):
Gallery
Play Video: (Note: The default playback of the video is HD VERSION. If your browser is buffering the video slowly, please play the REGULAR MP4 VERSION or Open The Video below for better experience. Thank you!)
⏲ Duration: 1:0 👁 View: 130K times ✓ Published: 06-Jul-2024
Description: On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red Planet. <br/><br/>The rover, named Sojourner, was the first rover to successfully land on Mars. Sojourner was accompanied by a lander named the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. The mission used an innovative landing system to touch down on the surface. NASA cocooned the rover with airbags to cushion the impact after a parachute slowed down the fall. Pathfinder touched down in a region of Mars called Ares Vallis — an ancient flood plain that NASA chose because it was relatively safe but still had plenty of rocks to study. While the Pathfinder lander took pictures of the Martian sky and collected meteorological data, the Sojourner rover studied Martian rocks and soil with its three cameras and an Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, which allowed it to analyze the chemical composition of samples from the surface.
Play Video: (Note: The default playback of the video is HD VERSION. If your browser is buffering the video slowly, please play the REGULAR MP4 VERSION or Open The Video below for better experience. Thank you!)