Pathfinder

Pathfinder may refer to:

Aerospace

• Space Shuttle Pathfinder, orbiter vehicle simulator for the U.S. Space Shuttle program
• LISA Pathfinder, a European Space Agency/NASA space probe to be launched in 2015
• Mars Pathfinder, a space exploration probe
• NASA Pathfinder, an unmanned solar-powered aircraft
• Uranus Pathfinder, a mission concept evaluated by the European Space Agency

Aviation

• Keystone Pathfinder, a 1920s airliner, built only as a prototype
• Piasecki 16H Pathfinder, an experiment series of helicopters produced in the 1960s for the US Army
• Piper Cherokee Pathfinder, a light, piston-powered aircraft
• Soloy Pathfinder 21, a twin-engined, single propeller turboprop aircraft

Computing

• Pathfinding, as in algorithms for finding a route
• Path Finder, a Macintosh file browser
• Pathfinder.com, an Internet portal
• Pathfinder networks, a psychometric scaling method
• Java Pathfinder, a software testing tool

Entertainment

• The Pathfinder (1952 film), based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder (1987 film), a Norwegian Oscar-nominated film
• Pathfinder (2007 film), an action film based on the 1987 film
• Pathfinders (TV series), a 1972-1973 British television series
• "Pathfinder" (Star Trek: Voyager), a episode of the TV show Star Trek: Voyager
• "Pathfinder" (The Price Is Right), a segment game seen on a TV game show The Price Is Right
• Path Finder (Gobots), a fictional character
• The Pathfinder (1996 film), TV movie based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder (band), a Polish symphonic power metal band
• Pathfinder (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
• Pathfinder (1977 MB Games game)

People

• John C. Frémont (1813–1890), military officer and explorer, nicknamed "The Pathfinder"
• Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), Navy captain and oceanographer, nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas"

Publishing

• The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea, an 1840 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder (periodicals), a series of supplements to the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Pathfinder Press, publisher of socialist literature
• Pathfinders (novel), a 1944 novel by Cecil Lewis
• Pathfinder (novel), a 2010 novel by Orson Scott Card

Road vehicles

• Pathfinder (1912 automobile)
• Nissan Pathfinder, a sport utility vehicle introduced in 1986
• Pontiac Pathfinder, an American automobile produced 1953-1958
• Riley Pathfinder, a British automobile produced 1953-1957
• Wright Pathfinder, a bus body

Ships

• HMS Pathfinder, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• Pathfinder-class cruiser, a two-ship Royal Navy class
• USS Pathfinder, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
• Pathfinder-class survey ship, a class of U.S. Navy ship
• S.T.V. Pathfinder, a Canadian sail-training vessel

Military

• Pathfinder (military), a type of soldier
• Pathfinder (RAF), a military unit used during World War II
• Pathfinder (USAAF), the World War II blind bombing force of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, first by the 482nd Bomb Group (Pathfinder), and then by designated squadrons within each bomb group
• Pathfinder, nickname of the 8th Infantry Division (United States)
• Pathfinders Company (Portugal), a Portuguese military unit
• Pathfinder Platoon, a British military unit
• Pathfinder Badge

Youth organizations

• Pathfinders (Girl Guides), a division of the Girl Guides of Canada
• Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist), a youth organization
• Camp Pathfinder, a boys' camp in Ontario

Other uses

• Charter Arms Pathfinder, a revolver
• Pathfinder (library science), a subject bibliography
• Pathfinder, a locality in County of Two Hills No. 21, Alberta, Canada
• Pathfinder Dam, on the North Platte River, Wyoming
  • Pathfinder Reservoir, Wyoming
• Pathfinder International, an American reproductive health organization
• Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station
• Pathfinder Parkway, an Oklahoma bike path
• Pathfinder Camera, made by Polaroid
• Pathfinder tendency, a group of socialist organizations
• Pathfinder Tours, a railtour company
• Housing Market Renewal Initiative, a UK program, also referred to as Pathfinder
• Pathfinder Energy Services, a division of Smith International
• Adenocaulon bicolor, a flowering plant in the daisy family known as Pathfinder
• Ulmus parvifolia 'Pathfinder'
• Milton Keynes Pathfinders, an American football team based in Milton Keynes, England

See also

• Sakigake (translated into English as "Pathfinder" or "Pioneer"), Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft
• Sperrbrecher (German for "pathfinder"), a category of auxiliary warships used by the German Kriegsmarine during World War II
• Wolf pack Pfadfinder (German for "pathfinder"), a German World War II wolf pack in the Battle of the Atlantic