Pathfinder/Sojourner Launch: 2 December, Cape Canaveral, Delta

The Mars Pathfinder is the second mission in the Discovery Programme, a NASA initiative for planetary missions, developed in three years for $150 million. The mission is regarded by NASA as an engineering demonstration of key technologies for future Mars landers.

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