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Mars Pathfinder Reset, 1997

The Mars Pathfinder was the second of NASA's planetary Discovery missions. Mars Pathfinder was launched on 4 December 1996 and entered the Martian atmosphere on 4 July 1997. After landing, the Pathfinder experienced a total system resets.


Several Sources:

www.cs.duke.edu/~carla/mars.html
www.mcs.drexel.edu/~shartley/ConcProgJava/originalRace.html
www.embedded.com/story/OEG20020321S0023
www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/p415/readings/MarsPathfinder/MarsPathfinder.html