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And now there's more good news for NASA.They've managed to re-establish the radio link...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eAfter a near perfect landing on Mars, NASA scientists are ecstatic about the images  the Pathfinder space probe is sending back to Earth.  \u003cbr/\u003eAnd now there's more good news for NASA.\u003cbr/\u003eThey've managed to re-establish the radio link that controls the Sojourner --  the robotic  vehicle designed to traverse across Mars.\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier a technical hitch had threatened the whole project.\u003cbr/\u003eNow the rover is expected to take its first tentative drive on Martian soil.\u003cbr/\u003eNASA scientists celebrate the re-establishing of the radio link between the rolling  robotic vehicle and the Pathfinder space craft.\u003cbr/\u003eThe technical hitch that first appeared on Friday had threatened to undermine the whole  project because the Sojourner -- as the vehicle is known -- could not activate itself.\u003cbr/\u003eFor some reason yet unknown the Sojourner craft on the surface of Mars was having  trouble receiving commands from the Pathfinder spacecraft.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e''I think our excitement continues today.  For those of you who have been listening in on  the voice-net you can tell that this morning, or this afternoon, has been an interesting  afternoon already.  We have just completed a transmit downlink session on the  spacecraft in which we got a number of interesting results led by the fact that we are  now receiving communications from the rover.''\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Richard Cook, MPF Mission Manager\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e''We feel like we're actually, once we get this next set of data down, that we will be able  to go on with the day's activities picking up where we essentially left off yesterday.''\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Richard Cook, MPF Mission Manager\u003cbr/\u003eThe good news comes after NASA displayed the first images sent from Mars in two  decades, on Saturday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe rover is scheduled to record chemical information about rocks and soil on Mars, the  first step in its search for signs of ancient life on the planet.\u003cbr/\u003eScientists involved in the project have been explaining the many problems that had  threatened the mission -- including one narrow escape.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We think we're up here and notice how close we came to a rather large crater, very  close.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Peter Smith, the University of Arizona scientist who heads the  Pathfinder camera team\u003cbr/\u003eThe Pathfinder is the first US spacecraft on Mars in 21 years.\u003cbr/\u003eBut already the mission has provided a great insight into Mars rust coloured and  boulder-strewn terrain.\u003cbr/\u003eScientists are most intrigued by deep, dark rocks in the colour shots and by the  incredible relief on the horizon compared to what the 1976 Viking landings found. \u003cbr/\u003eThe atmosphere also turned out to be dustier than expected, creating a salmon- coloured sky. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) (under pictures)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We also see if you look closely that the soil is not all the same colour, that there are  areas that are more brightly coloured and others darkly coloured, definitely two different  type of soils here. That may be that some of the soil was brought in by a wind process  and dropped unto the scene and therefore isn't really native to this area or it may be for  some other reason. These are areas we hope to send the Rover over the next week or  so.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Peter Smith, the University of Arizona scientist who heads the  Pathfinder camera team\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are really anxiously awaiting some actual atmospheric data with our solar filters  which are going to tell us precisely what the optical depth is and how it changes during  the time of day. And then we'll be able to make very quantitative assessments of what  is going on in the atmosphere.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Peter Smith, the University of Arizona scientist who heads the  Pathfinder camera team\u003cbr/\u003eThe scientists at Mars Mission Control Centre took the opportunity of dedicating the  success of  Pathfinder  to the scientist Carl Sagan -- whose work had so inspired the  team.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e''Not only did Sagan inspire the general public, he spent a lot of time here at JPL  He  was a participating scientist on many of the missions and he inspired all of us - all of us  rocket scientists here at JPL as well.''\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Anthony Spear, MPF Project Manager Mars Pathfinder\u003cbr/\u003eThe mission's primary goal - to characterise the geology of at least a few dozen square  yards on the Martian surface - is the first step in a new NASA effort to search for  ancient life on Mars.\u003cbr/\u003ePasadena, California, USA; Mars - 4 July and NASA Animation File Mars Pathfinder \u003cbr/\u003ePasadena:\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mars Pathfinder mission control. UPSOUND: ''We have Rover data''\u003cbr/\u003eMars Pathfinder\u003cbr/\u003e2. Unenhanced pictures from Mars Pathfinder lander \u003cbr/\u003ePasadena, California, USA:\u003cbr/\u003e3. Press conference\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Scientist Richard Cook, MPF Mission Manager\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide shot of press conference\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Scientist Richard Cook, MPF Mission Manager\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of earlier press conference\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Smith, IMP Principal Investigator\u003cbr/\u003eMars Pathfinder:\u003cbr/\u003e6. Picture from Mars (non-enhanced)\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Animation FILE\u003cbr/\u003e8. Rover going down the ramp\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of Mars terrain and Rover\u003cbr/\u003ePasadena:\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) (under picture) Peter Smith, IMP, Principal Investigator\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Smith, IMP, Principal Investigator\u003cbr/\u003eMars Pathfinder:\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various picture from Mars, black and white still\u003cbr/\u003ePasadena, California, USA:\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Anthony Spear, MPF Project Manager\u003cbr/\u003eMars Pathfinder:\u003cbr/\u003e14. 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