American space agency NASA is looking into nickel-titanium as a potential material for future planetary rovers wheels, ...

It’s famous for being involved in the NASA Mars Pathfinder mission as it was used to control the Sojourner rover. In addition to the perfect orb, it also features eight handy buttons.

The launch in late 1996 of the Mars Pathfinder mission with its Sojourner rover then was exciting news indeed. Before Spirit, the exceptionally long-lived Opportunity, and the relatively huge ...

The Perseverance rover will begin the process of trying ... until a 12-year-old student from Connecticut suggested the name Sojourner, in honour of abolitionist and women's rights activist ...