4 good links

  1. Mars Microrover Telecommunications

    Good place to start for an overview

  2. Mars Pathfinder Home Page

    Archived official pages from NASA and the Jet Propulsion Labs

  3. Photos From Mars

    NASA provides dozens of great photos from Pathfinder, et al

  4. Mars Exploration Rovers

    Other members of Sojourner's family

Sojourner Biography

The Sojourner rover (officially named Sojourner Truth after the American abolitionist) is an exploratory robot which landed on Mars on July 4, 1997.  Sojourner was part of NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission, dedicated to exploring the surface of Mars. As planned, Sojourner rolled around the planet's surface taking scientific readings of various bits of rock and soil. The plucky robot lasted until at least September, when its communications with Earth were finally cut off due to failing power.

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