Simple, focused missions can pay rich dividends, as the 1997 Pathfinder mission demonstrated by successfully landing on Mars and returning new images of the planet's environment.

Two of the three magnetic experiments were identical to the ones flown on the Pathfinder mission.

The rover, called the Sojourner, was sent to Mars as part of the Pathfinder mission.

Congressional authorization for the Pathfinder mission would be required next year to meet the 1996 launching target.

When we think of more modern machines landing on Mars, we usually start with the 1995 Pathfinder mission.

This was purely a Pathfinder mission and no other unit participated.

The Pathfinder mission demonstrated a new landing technique and showed that it was possible to send a robotic wheeled rover to explore another planet.

And CNN is getting lower ratings for even more dramatic stories, like its coverage of the Pathfinder mission to Mars.

He also worked on the Viking program and Pathfinder mission to the planet Mars.

The Pathfinder mission is considered an experiment to demonstrate the feasibility of such low-cost landers and mini-rovers.