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No such luck. On Sol 6, NASA's designation for Pathfinder's sixth day on Mars, they transmitted the appropriate instructions to the lander, which was to relay them to Sojourner. But the Pathfinder team had inexplicably failed to awaken the lander, which is shut down every Martian night, and...
Naming features on the red planet is hardly an exact science. After putting in 16-hour days, says Bob Reid of the Mars Pathfinder science team, "we choose names that keep us happy." Match each Martian formation below with its terrestrial namesake.
MARS IN OUR YARDS
It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us," Newt Gingrich was quoted as saying last week. Well, whether or not it's a bummer is a matter of opinion, but one thing is certain: any Martian who lands in one of our kitchens...
CONVERTING THE RED PLANET INTO GREEN While the most successful Mars-related product has so far proved to be Mattel's Hot Wheels Mars Rover Action Pack (for a mere $5 you get mini versions of Sojourner, Pathfinder and the lander), those who would rather own something more real than...