Sept. 3, 1976: Viking 2 Reaches Mars
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On September 3, 1976, Viking 2 reached Viking 1 on the surface of Mars, looking for traces of life. The article 50 years ago the Viking mission: the Nasa to the conquest of Mars comes from The Truth.
Sept. 3, 1976: Viking 2 reaches Mars
Only a little over a month after Viking 1 landed on Mars, Viking 2 followed suit. Though the two Viking landers touched down in different locations, they used identical spacecraft and had the same mission: to create global maps of Mars, observe weather patterns, investigate the surface, measure temperatures, and search for life. Viking 2Continue reading "Sept. 3, 1976: Viking 2 reaches Mars"
It's been 50 years since Viking 2 landed on Mars. On Origo, we show you what the probes and rovers have discovered since then, and what amazing formations they have photographed.
Exactly half a century ago, on September 3, 1976, an apparatus landed on Mars that was not sent just to photograph the Red Planet. Viking 2 brings something far more ambitious: a small laboratory tasked with searching the Martian soil for an answer to one of humanity's biggest questions: are we alone in the universe? Fifty years [...]
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