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Sojourner next to the rock "Barnacle Bill"
The Sojourner rover was the first space exploration rover to successfully reach another planet. Sojourner landed on Mars as part of the Mars Pathfinder mission on July 4 1997.
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Role within the Mars Pathfinder mission
The Mars Pathfinder mission, including the Sojourner rover, was launched by NASA on December 4 1996. 550 of the images returned from Mars Pathfinder were from Sojourner.
Wheel size comparison: Sojourner, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Science Laboratory.
Comparison to other Mars rovers
- Size
- smaller
- Mission duration
- shorter
- Camera resolution
- lower
- Science instruments
- fewer
- Arrival on Mars
- sooner
Honors
- In 2003, Sojourner was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame.
- Images of Sojouner approaching Yogi Rock were used in the opening credits of the Star Trek: Enterprise science fiction television program.
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| Flybys | Mariner 4 • Mariner 6 • Mariner 7 • Mars 4 • Rosetta • Dawn |  |
| Orbiters | Mariner 9 • Mars 2 • Mars 3 • Mars 5 • Mars 6 • Viking 1 • Viking 2 • Phobos 2 • Mars Global Surveyor 2001 Mars Odyssey • Mars Express Orbiter • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
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| Landers and Rovers | Mars 3 • Viking 1 • Viking 2 • Mars Pathfinder • Spirit rover • Opportunity rover • Phoenix | |
| Future missions | Mars Science Laboratory (2009) • Phobos-Grunt & Yinghuo-1 (2009) • MetNet (2009-2019) Mars Scout (2013) • Mars Science and Telecommunications Orbiter (2013) • ExoMars (2013) • Astrobiology Field Laboratory (2016) • Mars Sample Return Mission (2024?) |
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| See also | Mars • Exploration of Mars • Colonization of Mars · Failed Mars Missions | |
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