Slightly Above Mars Pathfinder . ... Credit Copyright: IMP Team , JPL , NASA Explanation: If you could have hovered above the Pathfinder mission to Mars in 1997, this is what you might have seen. ... This image is a recently released digital combination of panoramic picture s taken by Pathfinder on Mars and a picture of a Lander scale model back on Earth. The Mars Pathfinder Mission was able to collect data for three months, sending back information that has indicated a wet distant past for Mars. ...