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Showing posts with label Martian atmosphere. Show all posts

Monday, November 12, 2012

The Mars Pathfinder mission


The Mars Pathfinder mission was designed to be a revelation of the technology to put a lender and a rover on the surface of Mars so for cost effective and resourceful. Pathfinder not only met their goal, but also sent to Earth an amount of data and outshine extraordinary uptime for which it was designed.

Mars Pathfinder used an innovative method to enter directly into the Martian atmosphere, aided by a parachute to slow its descent through the thin Martian atmosphere and a giant system of airbags to cushion the impact.