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Viking program

The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts, an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface...

Timeline of Events

1975

8.20.1975

Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.

1976

7.31.1976

Viking program: Viking 1

8.7.1976

Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.

9.3.1976

Viking program: The American ''Viking 2'' spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.