Viking Missions' First Surface Insights

The Viking 1 and 2 landers were the first U.S. missions to successfully land on Mars in 1976 and provided the first detailed images and data from the Martian surface.

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• Viking Spacecraft Send Photographs to Earth from Mars | History | Research Start
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