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Viking
In 1975 we launched the twin Viking 1 & 2 missions. These were comb
and Lander.
This is an image of the Viking 1 & 2 spacecraft. Note the solar panels a
the Lander is stowed. Viking 1 arrived at Mars with the intention of re
discovered that the planned landing site was too rocky and dangerous
touched down on Mars’ surface on July 20, 1976… seven years after N
Once again we have better quality images at a higher resolution, which
valley going through the middle of the image. (Note: The white boxed a
This is another image showing more detail that the past missions’ ima
Mars allowing us to learn more.
Ask the students if they see anything that looks unusual or out-of-place.
many people thought that there must be intelligent life on Mars that b
