Question

The space craft “Pathfinder” which landed on Mars on July 4, 1997 has been renamed after an American Astronomer. What is the ‘Pathfinder’ presently known as?

Answer 1

Mars Pathfinder was launched December 4, 1996 and landed on Mars' Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997. It was designed as a technology demonstration of a new way to deliver an instrumented lander and the first-ever robotic rover to the surface of the red planet.