Today In Space History: Mars Pathfinder Landing

By TonyF on 4 July 2007 at 3:52PM

July 4th marks the 10th anniversary of the landing of Mars Pathfinder. The unmanned NASA probe landed on the surface of the Red Planet in 1997. The rover returned over 16000 images and was considered a huge success. What's next for Mars?

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