Picture of the Day · NASA
Pathfinder on Mars
2026-07-04
On July 4th, 1997, using its own array of fireworks, a parachute, and a cocoon of airbags, the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft bounced like a giant beach ball at least 15 times before it came to rest on the surface of Mars at 10:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time. After its then novel airbag-assisted landing sequence was completed, Pathfinder transmitted this color mosaic to mission operators on Earth. In the scene from another world, the Mars Sojourner robot rover is visible in the foreground, crouched on top of the unfolded Pathfinder. About the size of a large house cat, the six-wheeled, solar-powered Sojourner became the first successful Martian rover. Surrounding Pathfinder are deflated airbags and the rock-strewn terrain of the Ares Vallis floodplain. In the distance Martian hills appear against a dusty brownish sky. The Pathfinder lander was subsequently renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station.
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Wikidata facts
- Orbital period
- 1577.099456794452
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- provisional designation
- 1992 EO6
- time of discovery or invention
- 1992-03-01
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.1956036268237265
Article · Svenska
12311 Ingemyr eller 1992 EO6 är en asteroid upptäckt den 1 mars 1992 av UESAC vid La Silla-observatoriet. Asteroiden har fått sitt namn efter Mikael Ingemyr som under det Internationella astronomiåret 2009 vann tävlingen The Universe - yours to discover with the Nordic telescope, och som pris fick namnge en asteroid samt resa till Nordic Optical Telescope på La Palma där han observerade exoplaneten WASP-12b.
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