Okla-homey
7/20/2006, 07:08 AM
July 20, 1976 Viking 1 lands on Mars
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Mars...the Red Planet
Exactly thirty years ago today during the US' bicentennial year and also on the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe, becomes the first spacecraft (from Earth anyway) to successfully land on the surface of Mars.
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Viking 1 lander
Viking 1 was launched on August 20, 1975, and was established in Martian orbit on June 19, 1976. The first month of its orbit was devoted to imaging the surface to find appropriate landing sites.
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Viking orbiter. The lander was contained aboard and on this day in 1976, was deployed to the Martian surface
On July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 "lander" separated from the orbiter, touched down on the Chryse Planitia (aka: Plains of Gold) region of Mars, and sent back the first close-up photographs of the rust-colored Martian surface.
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Image from Viking 1
In September 1976, Viking 2--launched only three weeks after Viking 1--entered into orbit around Mars, where it assisted Viking 1 in imaging the surface and also sent down a lander.
During the dual Viking missions, the two orbiters imaged the entire surface of Mars at a resolution of 150 to 300 meters, and the two landers sent back more than 1,400 images of the planet's surface.
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1975. Viking 1 was launched by a Titan/Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT to begin a half-billion mile, 11-month journey through space to explore Mars. The 4-ton spacecraft went into orbit around the red planet in mid-1976
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Mars...the Red Planet
Exactly thirty years ago today during the US' bicentennial year and also on the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe, becomes the first spacecraft (from Earth anyway) to successfully land on the surface of Mars.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9493/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzfg0 612ia5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Viking 1 lander
Viking 1 was launched on August 20, 1975, and was established in Martian orbit on June 19, 1976. The first month of its orbit was devoted to imaging the surface to find appropriate landing sites.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4414/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzas7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Viking orbiter. The lander was contained aboard and on this day in 1976, was deployed to the Martian surface
On July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 "lander" separated from the orbiter, touched down on the Chryse Planitia (aka: Plains of Gold) region of Mars, and sent back the first close-up photographs of the rust-colored Martian surface.
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5800/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzviking1l andax7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Image from Viking 1
In September 1976, Viking 2--launched only three weeks after Viking 1--entered into orbit around Mars, where it assisted Viking 1 in imaging the surface and also sent down a lander.
During the dual Viking missions, the two orbiters imaged the entire surface of Mars at a resolution of 150 to 300 meters, and the two landers sent back more than 1,400 images of the planet's surface.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/608/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzlaun ch2xb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
1975. Viking 1 was launched by a Titan/Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT to begin a half-billion mile, 11-month journey through space to explore Mars. The 4-ton spacecraft went into orbit around the red planet in mid-1976
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3745/insane7zoxe4.jpg