It was the size of a microwave oven. It weighed as much as a corgi. It traveled slower than a sloth. And as NASA's newest robotic rover, it made history as the first-ever wheeled vehicle to land on ...

NASA is remembering one of its most notable July 4th events: the arrival of its Sojourner on Mars in 1997. Depending on your age, you may not be familiar with Sojourner, having instead learned about ...

On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red Planet. The rover, named Sojourner, was the first rover to successfully land ...

This is a big week for NASA as two of its space probe projects will achieve major goals – the up-close study of a comet and a landing on the surface of Mars. The first event will take place Friday, ...

On July 4th, 1997 as Americans were stoking their barbecues, a NASA spacecraft touched down on Mars and bounced like a beach ball. The Pathfinder mission was an unlikely and stunning success that ...