OTD In Space - September 27: Last Transmission From Mars Pathfinder
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On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.
The Mars Pathfinder mission consisted of a base station and the very first Mars rover named Sojourner. Pathfinder was three months in to what was supposed to be just a one-month mission when the base station's battery began to fail. NASA struggled to reestablish contact with Pathfinder for another five months before giving up and calling the mission complete.
The Mars Pathfinder mission consisted of a base station and the very first Mars rover named Sojourner. Pathfinder was three months in to what was supposed to be just a one-month mission when the base station's battery began to fail. NASA struggled to reestablish contact with Pathfinder for another five months before giving up and calling the mission complete.