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MARS PATHFINDER
Launch Details
| Launched | 3 December 1996 |
| Flight ended | 3 July 1997 |
| Status | Decayed |
| Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
| Owner | United States |
| NORAD ID | 24667 |
| COSPAR ID | 1996-068A |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1996 Dec 4 | – | Launch from Cape Canaveral LC-17 |
| 1997 Jul 4 | – | Landing on Mars |
| 1997 Jul 4 | – | Exit of Sojourner rover from lander |
| 1997 Sep 27 | – | Final data received from Sojourner rover |
| 1997 Oct 7 | – | Communication lost |
| 1998 Mar 10 | – | End of mission |
| 2007 Jan | – | Pathfinder lander photographed by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |