Honors
- In 1997, the Sojourner Team was awarded a JPL Award for Technical Excellence.
- On October 21, 1997, at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sojourner was awarded honorary membership in the Planetary Geology Division of the society.
- In 2003, Sojourner was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame.
- Images of Sojourner approaching Yogi Rock were used in the opening credits of the Star Trek: Enterprise science fiction television program, the first historical use in a science fiction film or television program of video taken on the surface of another planet. The Carl Sagan Memorial Station is featured in the Enterprise episode "Terra Prime".
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