Pathfinder satellite explores Mars

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Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Extraterrestrial space travel

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Date of occurrence 1997-07-04

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United States (Location)

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NASA’s Pathfinder, a U.S. robotic spacecraft, was developed to land on and explore the surface of Mars. Pathfinder was launched on 4 December 1996 and it landed on Mars on 4 July 1997. After landing, Pathfinder gathered scientific information and took pictures of Mars.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Pathfinder satellite explores Mars". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4033, accessed 07 May 2024.]

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