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Mars Pathfinder Images
JPL has provided a number of images of the Mars Pathfinder mission, from illustrations of the landing to images of the spacecraft and its launch, online. We've provided direct links to many of these images below for your convenience. All images are in GIF format and their size is listed next to each link.
Illustrations:
- Artists conception of probe and rover after landing 183K
- Artists conception of of probe landing sequence 116K
- Artists conception of probe entry into atmosphere 118K
- Artists conception of airbag bounce after landing 134K
- Artists conception of Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner on the surface of Mars after landing 210K
- Artists conception of Mars Pathfinder airbag touchdown 160K
- Artists conception of of probe landing sequence 116K
Sojourner:
- Back of Sojourner and its Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer 120K
- Sojourner rover in cruise configuration 120K
- Mars Pathfinder Sojourner rover (side view) 124K
- Closeup of Sojourner rover 180K
- Sojourner model and the lander 177K
- Sojourner rover in cruise configuration 120K
Instruments:
- Configuration of the Imager For Mars Pathfinder (IMP) plus worker! 172K
- Imager For Mars Pathfinder (IMP) 135K
- Imager For Mars Pathfinder (IMP) - closeup
- Atmospheric Structure Instrument on the lander 44K
- Imager For Mars Pathfinder (IMP) 135K
Pathfinder Tests:
- Mars Yard retraction tests - deflated airbags, open petals 199K
- Mars Yard retraction tests - inflated airbags 174K
- Mars Yard retraction tests - deflated airbag, closed petals 209K
- Mars Pathfinder lander and Soujurner rover in vacuum chamber at JPL, July 1996 153K
- Mars Yard retraction tests - inflated airbags 174K
Assembly and Launch Preparations:
- Mars Pathfinder being built 2/2/96 169K
- Mars Pathfinder arriving at Kennedy Space Center, opening container 139K
- Mars Pathfinder being inspected at Kennedy - solar panel inspect 132K
- Mars Pathfinder spacecraft at Kennedy, aeroshell 117K
- Pathfinder's petals being examined 131K
- Sojouner rover being secured to a petal of Mars Pathfinder lander 142K
- Assembly of Mars Pathfinder 176K
- Assembly of Mars Pathfinder - petal closing test with Sojouner mounted 177K
- Mars Pathfinder arrives at KSC front gate 123K
- Mars Pathfinder arrives at KSC 166K
- Inspection of the Mars Pathfinder lander at KSC 159K
- Pathfinder's cruise stage and aeroshell arrive at KSC 156K
- Inspection on the Mars Pathfinder lander at KSC, checking solar panels 168K
- Inspection on the Mars Pathfinder lander at KSC, closeup on solar panel 161K
- Sojourner rover being examined at Kennedy 185K
- Mars Pathfinder being examined at Kennedy - aeroshell 148K
- Mating the Mars Pathfinder lander with the backshell at KSC 166K
- Mating the Mars Pathfinder lander with the backshell at KSC, shell lower now 171K
- Mating the Mars Pathfinder lander with the backshell at KSC, almost complete 158K
- Mars Pathfinder arriving at Kennedy Space Center, opening container 139K
Launch:
- Mars Pathfinder in Delta II on launch pad before launch 48K
- Mars Pathfinder launch from KSC; just off pad 127K
- Mars Pathfinder launch from KSC; little higher 90K
- Mars Pathfinder launch from KSC; higher still 101K
- Mars Pathfinder launch from KSC; just off pad 127K
