November '11. October '11. September '11. August '11. What really happened on Mars? From: Mike Jones <mbj@microsoft.com> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 1997 6:47 PM Subject: What really happened on Mars?
The Mars Pathfinder mission was widely proclaimed as "flawless" in the early days after its July 4th, 1997 landing on the Martian surface. Successes included its unconventional "landing" -- bouncing onto the Martian surface surrounded by airbags, deploying the Sojourner rover, and gathering and transmitting voluminous data back to Earth, including the panoramic pictures that were such a hit on the Web.