Mars Missions

These pictures are taken from Nasa's web page.

The latest MARS Pathfinder mission status can be found at Nasa's Mars Pathfinder mission news & information page.

Additional information can be found on the Mars Pathfinder Mission page or the Mars Pathfinder Mission - Home Page (SGI mirror).

A book about how the Mar's pathfinder mission can apply to industry can be found here. This site is geared more towards managers than astronomers. There's also some pictures showing some of the pre-flight work and a good quiz on Mars.

I must add a plug for the Mars series of science fiction books by Kim Stanley Robinson titled Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars. These books make up an excellent trilogy detailing life on Mars and terraforming the red planet in the not too distant future.

Last but not least, here are links to Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day and the NASA Homepage.

Mars Pathfinder Pictures

Picture	Size	Resolution	Description
July 21, 1997
81732f.gif	3.9M	6283x1292	Color 360 degree Panorama (very nice!)
JPEG version
81732f.jpg	921K	6283x1292	Color 360 degree Panorama (very nice! same as above)
81696f.gif	1.0M	1510x1292	Sojourner at Yogi (color)
JPEG version
81696f.jpg	186K	1510x1292	Sojourner at Yogi (color, same as above)
July 12 and 13 - no pictures :(
July 11 will not be shown. These require 3-D glasses and can be viewed on the Nasa site.
July 10
81325f.gif	293K	768x480	A rover's eye view of the lander (b/w)
81314f.gif	210K	482x455	Sojourner does a wheelie on Yogi (b/w)
July 9
81225f.gif	229K	640x480	Rocky terrain & airbags (b/w)
81224f.gif	245K	640x480	Rocky terrain & airbags (b/w)
81223f.gif	251K	640x480	Rocky terrain & airbags (b/w)
81222f.gif	26K	640x480	Rocky terrain & airbags (b/w)
81221f.gif	181K	541x559	End of Sol 5 rover image (b/w)
81220f.gif	275K	768x484	Sojourner's success image (b/w)
81219f.gif	246K	765x491	Yogi and rover tracks (b/w)
81205f.gif	6.0M	6283x1114	360 degree b/w "monster pan" (b/w)
81205f.jpg	986K	6283x1114	360 degree b/w "monster pan" (JPEG b/w)
81204f.gif	1.0M	1280x960	Forward ramp & low gain antenna (b/w)
81204f.jpg	172K	1280x960	Forward ramp & low gain antenna (JPEG b/w)
81203f.gif	884K	1120x840	Sojourner, Barnacle Bill, & Yogi (b/w)
81203f.jpg	145K	1120x840	Sojourner, Barnacle Bill, & Yogi (JPEG b/w)
July 8
81126f.gif	2.0M	6283x585	Portions of Monster Pan (color)
81126f.jpg	351K	6283x585	Portions of Monster Pan (color) (same as above .GIF)
81101f.gif	236K	640x480	Atmospheric Structure Instrument/Meteorology Package
81099f.gif	252K	640x480	Martian rock with cracks (color)
81098f.gif	27K	640x480	Martian terrain (color)
81097f.gif	240K	640x480	Deflated airbags & terrain (color)
81096f.gif	235K	640x480	Airbags & Martian terrain (color)
81095f.gif	27K	640x480	Yogi & local soil (color)
81094f.gif	232K	640x480	Sojourner near Barnacle Bill (color)
81093f.gif	276K	640x480	Flat Top, Shark, & Half-Dome (color)
81092f.gif	89K	640x480	Forward ramp deploy (color)
81088f.gif	112K	454x261	Sojourner's APXS at work (b/w)
81087f.gif	58K	200x474	Rover tracks in soil (color)
81086f.gif	55K	200x435	APXS on Barnacle Bill (color)
81085f.gif	22K	383x279	Lower portion of Yogi (b/w)
81084f.gif	47K	383x279	Soil near Yogi rock (b/w)
81083f.gif	68K	318x330	Rover near Yogi rock (b/w)
81078f.gif	69K	383x279	Soil near Yogi rock (b/w)
July 7
81015f.gif	32K	640x480	Multispectral slice of APXS
81010f.gif	244K	640x480	Terrain and rock "Couch"
81009f.gif	250K	640x480	Yogi the rock
81008f.gif	243K	640x480	Sojourner near Barnacle Bill
81007f.gif	373K	800x600	Twin Peaks
81006f.gif	386K	800x600	Flat Top & rocky terrain
81003f.gif	125K	680x245	Sojourner's view of the lander
81000f.gif	104K	448x270	Sojourner's APXS studies Barnacle Bill
80987f.gif	157K	716x228	Rover tracks
July 6
80904f.gif	863K	1279x959	Sojourner & terrain
80903f.gif	880K	1279x959	Sojourner & terrain
80901f.gif	638K	1279x959	Terrain and rock "Yogi"
80900f.gif	779K	1279x959	Terrain and rock "Yogi"
80896f.gif	152K	810x364	Pathfinder Ramp Deploy Image
80895f.gif	253K	972x511	Pathfinder Rear Ramp
80894f.gif	63K	256x248	Rectangular Rock called "Flat Top"
80893f.gif	417K	1264x488	High-gain antenna & terrain
July 5
80911f.gif	102K	471x285	Sojourner rover on the surface of Mars!
80881f.jpg	640K	6480x1036	360 degree panorama (high res)
80881f.gif	3.7M	6480x1036	360 degree panorama (high res)
80839f.jpg	203K	2300x1100	Color Mosaic of rover and terrain (high res)
80839f.gif	1.0M	2300x1100	Color Mosaic of rover and terrain (high res)
80839t.gif	18K	209x100	Color Mosaic of rover and terrain (high res)
80828f.gif	297K	752x552	Radiation Calibration Targets
80827f.gif	661K	1264x850	Rover, Airbags, & surrounding rocks
80827t.gif	12K	148x100	Rover, Airbags, & surrounding rocks
July 4
80824f.gif	93K	478x331	Airbag retraction
80823f.gif	188K	1102x296	Airbag retraction
80816f.gif	188K	640x480	Lander, Airbags, & Martian terrain
80815f.gif	153K	640x480	Terrain at Landing Site
80814f.gif	199K	640x480	Airbags and Sojourner Rover
80813f.gif	555K	1280x960	Martian terrain, unfurled rover ramps & deflated airbags
80812f.gif	146K	640x480	Martian surface & Pathfinder Airbags
80811f.gif	628K	1280x960	Rover, airbags & Martian terrain
80809f.gif	211K	640x480	Martian terrain near Pathfinder
80808f.gif	151K	640x480	Large boulders are visible in this image
80807f.gif	628K	1280x960	Rover, airbags & Martian terrain