OTD In Space - September 27: Last Transmission From Mars Pathfinder - video Dailymotion

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On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.  The Mars Pathfinder mission consisted of a base station and the very first Mars rover named Sojourner. Pathfinder was three months in to what was supposed to be just a one-month mission when the base station's battery began to fail. NASA struggled to reestablish contact with Pathfinder for another five months before giving up and calling the mission complete.

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00:01On this day in space.

00:03In 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.

00:09The Mars Pathfinder mission consisted of a base station and the very first Mars rover named Sojourner.

00:14Pathfinder was three months into what was supposed to be just a one-month mission

00:18when the base station's battery began to fail.

00:20NASA struggled to re-establish contact with Pathfinder for another five months

00:24before giving up and calling the mission complete.

00:26And that's what happened on this day in space.

00:30The Mars Pathfinder mission was

OTD In Space - September 27: Last Transmission From Mars Pathfinder

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