NASA · Aerospace · 1997
First wheeled vehicle to operate on another planet. Microwave-oven-sized six-wheeled rover delivered to Mars by the Mars Pathfinder mission in July 1997. Operated for 83 sols (12x its 7-sol design life), traveling 100 meters and returning 550 images plus chemical analyses of 16 rock and soil targets. Named after abolitionist Sojourner Truth.
| Category | Aerospace |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 1997 |
| Origin | USA |
| Height | 280 mm |
| Weight | 11.5 kg |
| Payload | 0.5 kg |
| Speed | 0.01 m/s |
| Degrees of freedom | 6 |
| Battery | 150 Wh |
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