... 10:40 pm Pacific Daylight Time today, 5 July 1997, the Sojourner Rover drove off the rear lander ramp onto the Martian surface ... The rover now rests on the Martian soil, 10 cm from the end of the ramp. Sagan Memorial Station Images . ...
... rover's rear color camera showing wheel tracks in the orange-red martian soil. 81316 ... Over the cold martian night, the rover examined this soil and will transmit the data ... Between the rover and the horizon is the rock-strewn martian surface. ...
... The mission will consist of a stationary lander and a surface rover. ... the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface ... be met by tests of communications between the rover and lander, and the lander and ...
... The lander and its rover, Sojourner, touched down on the Red Planet's rolling hills ... From this distance the telescope could see Martian features as small as 12 miles (19 ...
... about 218 K (-55 C, -67 F), Martian surface temperatures range widely from as little ... Tharsis : a huge bulge on the Martian surface that is about 4000 km across and 10 km ...