The rover was built by the NASA Telerobotics Program. The mission was controlled by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The Mars rover was built by the United States of America.
The first rover to land on Mars was named Sojourner and it was built by NASA. It was part of the Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997. The development of the rover was a collaborative effort involving scientists and engineers from different institutions.
NASA named the Mars Pathfinder Rover "Sojourner" in honor of Sojourner Truth, the African American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
The first Mars Rover, Spirit was launched on the 10 of June 2003. Strictly speaking there was an earlier one, but it was only a little rover called "Sojourner". That landed on Mars in1997.
Pathfinder and Sojourner are both missions sent to Mars by NASA. Pathfinder was a lander that carried the Sojourner rover, which became the first rover to explore Mars' surface in 1997. Pathfinder and Sojourner were instrumental in studying Mars' geology, climate, and potential for life.
December 4, 1996
MESUR Pathfinder
The first rover to reach Mars was the Sojourner rover, part of the Mars Pathfinder mission, which landed on Mars on July 4, 1997. The Sojourner rover conducted scientific exploration on the Martian surface for about 83 sols (Martian days).
Sojourner
The first vehicle landed on Mars was the Mars Pathfinder, which included a robotic rover called Sojourner. It successfully landed on Mars in 1997.
The Mars rover was built by the United States of America.
The first rover to land on Mars was named Sojourner and it was built by NASA. It was part of the Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997. The development of the rover was a collaborative effort involving scientists and engineers from different institutions.
Mars Exploration Rover
Sojourner was a robotic rover that traveled on the surface of Mars in 1997 as part of the Mars Pathfinder mission.
NASA named the Mars Pathfinder Rover "Sojourner" in honor of Sojourner Truth, the African American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
The first Mars Rover, Spirit was launched on the 10 of June 2003. Strictly speaking there was an earlier one, but it was only a little rover called "Sojourner". That landed on Mars in1997.
Pathfinder and Sojourner are both missions sent to Mars by NASA. Pathfinder was a lander that carried the Sojourner rover, which became the first rover to explore Mars' surface in 1997. Pathfinder and Sojourner were instrumental in studying Mars' geology, climate, and potential for life.