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Both NASA Viking missions used a combination of orbiter and lander to explore Mars in unprecedented detail. This is the first photograph ever taken on the surface of Mars. It was obtained by NASA's Viking 1 minutes after the spacecraft landed July 20, 1976.
Viking 2 landed on Mars at Utopia Planitia (47.64° N, 134.29° E, planetocentric) on Sept. 3, 1976 -- immediately following the first successful spacecraft landing on Mars by Viking 1 -- and was part of NASA's early two-part mission to investigate the Red Planet and search for signs of life.
Viking 1 and 2 were a pair of NASA Mars landers and orbiters that launched in 1975 and arrived in 1976. The orbiters created global maps while the landers examined the surface up close. The landers performed ambitious chemistry experiments to search for life; the results were ambiguous.
3 lip 2019 · Viking 1 i Viking 2 zostały wystrzelone w odstępie kilku tygodni od siebie w 1975 r. I wylądowały w 1976 r. Każdy statek kosmiczny składał się z orbitera i lądownika, które podróżowały razem przez prawie rok, aby dotrzeć na orbitę Marsa. Po przybyciu na orbitę zaczęto robić zdjęcia powierzchni Marsa, z której wybierano miejsca lądowania.
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. [2] The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history.
On June 19, 1976, the Viking 1 Orbiter achieved orbital insertion around Mars. On July 20, the Viking 1 Lander soft-landed on the surface of Mars in the Chryse Planitia (22 degrees north, 48 degrees west) becoming the first human-made object to land on Mars. The Viking 2 Orbiter achieved Mars orbital insertion on August 7. On September 3, the
NASA's Viking Mission to Mars was composed of two spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander - orbiters for imaging and scientific operations from orbit, and landers deployed instruments on the surface.
