Mars Sojourner News Today

Asad Madni is being recognized for leading the invention and commercialization of a life-saving sensing technology.

Alternative Title: Carl Sagan Memorial Station Mars Pathfinder, robotic U.S. spacecraft launched to Mars to demonstrate a new way to land a spacecraft on the planet’s surface and the operation of an independent robotic rover. Developed by NASA as part of a low-cost approach to planetary exploration, Pathfinder successfully completed both demonstrations, gathered scientific data, and returned striking images from Mars. Its observations added to evidence that, at some time in its history, ...