Pathfinder

Pathfinder may refer to:

Aerospace

• Space Shuttle Pathfinder, an orbiter vehicle simulator for the U.S. Space Shuttle program
• LISA Pathfinder, a European Space Agency/NASA space probe 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

Computing

• Path Finder, a Macintosh file browser
• Pathfinder (web site)
• Pathfinder networks, a psychometric scaling method
• Java Pathfinder, a software testing tool

Entertainment

Novels

• The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea, an 1840 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinders (novel), a 1944 novel by Cecil Lewis
• Pathfinder (novel), a 2010 novel by Orson Scott Card
• TodHunter Moon, Book One: PathFinder, a 2014 novel by Angie Sage

Film and television

• The Pathfinder (1952 film), based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder (1987 film), a Norwegian Oscar-nominated film
• The Pathfinder (film), a 1996 TV movie based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder (2007 film), an action film based on the 1987 film
• Pathfinders (TV series), a 1972-1973 British television series
• "Pathfinder" (Star Trek: Voyager), television series episode
• Path Finder (Transformers), an animated television series character

Music

• Pathfinder (band), a Polish symphonic power metal band
• Pathfinder (album), a 1972 Beggars Opera album

Card, dice and board games

• Pathfinder (periodicals), a series of supplements to the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
• Pathfinder, a 1977 Milton Bradley Company board game
• "Pathfinder", a The Price Is Right pricing game

Fictional characters

• Pathfinder, a G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero character

Military

• Pathfinder (military), a type of soldier
• Pathfinder (RAF), a military unit during the Second World War
• Pathfinder (USAAF), the World War II blind bombing force of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, first by the 482nd Bombardment Group (Pathfinder), and then by designated squadrons within each bomb group
• Pathfinders Company (Portugal), a Portuguese military unit
• Pathfinder Platoon, a British military unit
• HMS Pathfinder, 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
• Piasecki 16H Pathfinder, an experiment series of helicopters produced in the 1960s for the US Army
• Pathfinder, nickname of the 8th Infantry Division (United States)
• Pathfinder Badge

Transportation

Road vehicles

• Pathfinder (1912 automobile)
• LUTZ Pathfinder, the UK's first autonomous car, shown to the public in 2015
• Nissan Pathfinder, a sport utility vehicle introduced in 1986
• Pontiac Pathfinder, an American automobile produced from 1953 to 1958
• Riley Pathfinder, a British automobile produced from 1953 to 1957
• Wright Pathfinder, a bus body

Aircraft

• Keystone Pathfinder, a 1920s airliner, built only as a prototype
• Pathfinder, the marketing name of the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, a light, piston-powered aircraft from 1974 to 1977
• Soloy Pathfinder 21, a twin-engined, single propeller turboprop aircraft

Ships

• S.T.V. Pathfinder, a Canadian sail-training vessel

Businesses

• Pathfinder Energy Services, a division of Smith International
• Pathfinder Press, publisher of socialist literature
• Pathfinder Tours, a railtour company

Youth organizations

• Pathfinders (Girl Guides), a division of the Girl Guides of Canada
• Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist), a youth organization
• Scouts, the 10-18 aged section of the Scout Movement

Other uses

• John C. Frémont (1813–1890), military officer and explorer, nicknamed "The Pathfinder"
• Charter Arms Pathfinder, a revolver
• Pathfinder (library science), a subject bibliography
• Pathfinder, a locality in County of Two Hills No. 21, Alberta, Canada
• Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming
• Pathfinder Dam, on the North Platte River, Wyoming
  • Pathfinder Reservoir, Wyoming
• Camp Pathfinder, a boys' camp in Ontario
• Pathfinder International, an American reproductive health organization
• Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station
• Pathfinder Parkway, an Oklahoma walking, jogging and biking trail
• Pathfinder Camera, made by Polaroid
• Housing Market Renewal Initiative, a UK program, also referred to as Pathfinder
• 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

• Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), Navy captain and oceanographer nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas"
• Pathfinder tendency, a group of socialist organizations
• Pathfinding, as in algorithms for finding a route
• 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
• Isogram, of which "pathfinder" is an example that can be used as a numerical cipher.