a US spacecraft that landed on the planet Mars in July 1997 and sent back to Earth many pictures of the planet’s surface. This was the first trip to Mars since the two Viking (2) spacecraft landed there in 1976.
See also Sojourner .
PATHFINDER
Meaning of PATHFINDER in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005