During the summer of 1997, Holliman most recently served as the network's lead reporter for the Pathfinder mission to Mars.

CNN: The View from Space

The first wheeled vehicle to land on Mars was during NASA's 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission, which consisted of a stationary lander and a surface rover called Sojourner.

CNN: What we've done on Mars, and what's next

With the first week on Mars behind them, the scientists and engineers who put Pathfinder on the Red Planet say they have already met the major objectives set for the mission.

CNN: NASA says Pathfinder already has met objectives

The mission has also been a public relations triumph, with more than 150 million hits on the Pathfinder's World Wide Web sites in the first week alone.

CNN: NASA says Pathfinder already has met objectives