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Overview of the mars pathfinder mission : launch through landing, surface operations, data sheets, and science results

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Golombek, M. P., Anderson, R. C., Barnes, Jeffrey R., Bell III, J. R., Bridges, N. T., Britt, D. T., Brückner, J., Cook, R. A., Crisp, J. A., Economou, T., Folkner, W. M., Greely, R., Haberle, R. M., Hargraves, R. B., Harris, J. A., Haldemann, A. F. C., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hviid, S. F., Jaumann, R., Johnson, J. R., Kallemeyn, P. H., Keller, H. U., Kirk, R. L., Knudsen, J. M., Larsen, S., Lemmon, M. T., Madsen, M. B., Magalhães, J. A., Maki, J. N., Malin, M. C., Manning, R. M., Matijevic, J., McSween, H. Y., Moore, H. J., Murchie, S. L., Murphy, J. R., Parker, T. J., Reider, R., Rivellini, T. P., Schofield, J. T., Seiff, A., Singer, R. B., Smith, P. H., Soderblom, L. A., Spencer, D. A., Stoker, C. R., Sullivan, R., Thomas, N., Thurman, S. W., Tomasko, M. G., Vaughn, R. M., Wänke, H., and Wilson, G. R.

Abstract:

Mars Pathfinder successfully landed at Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997, deployed and navigated a small rover about l00 m clockwise around the lander, and collected data from three science instruments and ten technology experiments. The mission operated for three months and returned 2.3 Gbits of data, including over 16,500...

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