Six Wheels on Martian Regolith: 20 Years Since NASA’s Pathfinder Mission Launched to the Red Planet

With the deployed petals and airbags of the lander in the foreground, the Sojourner rover can be seen at work in the middle-distance. Photo Credit: NASA

Having alighted on the Red Planet in July 1997, and having been dug out of Martian regolith by Mark Watney as part of his efforts to achieve salvation, [...]