When landing on Mars was nearly impossible, NASA engineers invented giant inflatable airbags to cushion the impact. This video reveals the story behind this remarkable technology used in the ...

The Mars Pathfinder mission, landing on July 4, 1997, delivered the Sojourner rover using a groundbreaking airbag landing system instead of rockets.

More than two decades ago a small probe carrying an even smaller rover landed on Mars. Pathfinder and the Sojourner rover paved the way for sophisticated robotic explorers that have landed since 1997.

Mars Pathfinder and its small, six-wheeled Sojourner rover touched down on Mars on July 4, 1997. For almost three months, the lander beamed back billions of bits of data, including tens of ...

Pathfinder was launched in 1997 and died on Mars that same year. The mission included a lander and the Sojourner rover which, despite being designed to live for just a week, managed to spend over ...

More than two decades ago a small probe carrying an even smaller rover landed on Mars. Pathfinder and the Sojourner rover paved the way for sophisticated robotic explorers that have landed since 1997.

Pathfinder and the Sojourner rover paved the way for sophisticated robotic explorers that have landed since 1997. 25 years later, looking back on the accomplishments of the Mars Pathfinder | 90.5 WESA ...

More than two decades ago a small probe carrying an even smaller rover landed on Mars. Pathfinder and the Sojourner rover paved the way for sophisticated robotic explorers that have landed since 1997.