#MarsOrBust

#MarsOrBust

Originally shared by NASA

As the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft with its tiny Sojourner rover aboard approached its destination on July 4, 1997, no NASA mission had successfully reached the Red Planet in more than 20 years. And, no one at the time could have anticipated the magnitude of the pivot about to shape the Space Age. In the 20 years since Pathfinder’s touchdown, eight other NASA landers and orbiters have arrived successfully, and not a day has passed without the United States having at least one active robot on Mars or in orbit around the Red Planet. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/2t3gC0Q

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