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2. Viking program - Wikipedia

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   The Viking 1 lander touched down on the surface of Mars on July 20, 1976, more than two weeks before Viking 2 ' s arrival in orbit. Viking 2 then successfully soft-landed on September 3. The orbiters continued imaging and performing other scientific operations from orbit while the landers deployed instruments on the surface.

3. Viking 2 - Wikipedia

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   Following launch using a Titan/Centaur launch vehicle and a 333-day cruise to Mars, the Viking 2 Orbiter began returning global images of Mars prior to orbit insertion. The orbiter was inserted into a 1,500 x 33,000 km, 24.6 h Mars orbit on August 7, 1976, and trimmed to a 27.3 h site certification orbit with a periapsis of 1,499 km and an ...

4. Viking 1 - Wikipedia

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   The Viking 1 Orbiter was inserted into Mars orbit on June 19, 1976, [8] and trimmed to a 1,513 x 33,000 km, 24.66 h site certification orbit on June 21. Landing on Mars was planned for July 4, 1976, the United States Bicentennial, but imaging of the primary landing site showed it was too rough for a safe landing. [9]

5. Remembering NASA's Viking 1 and the first images from Mars - AOL

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   By Eric Sandler On August 20, 1975 -- 39 years ago today -- NASA launched the first of two spacecraft as a part of their new Viking program and the images they captured back in the '70s and '80s ...

6. Cydonia (Mars) - Wikipedia

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   Of the seven good images, the lighting and time at which two pairs of images were taken are so close as to reduce the number to five distinct images. The Mission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set image numbers for these are: 035A72 (VO-1010), 070A13 (VO-1011), 561A25 (VO-1021), 673B54 & 673B56 (VO-1063), and 753A33 & 753A34 (VO ...

7. Mastcam-Z - Wikipedia

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   Mastcam-Z engineering diagram. Mastcam-Z consists of two zoom cameras mounted on the remote sensing mast of the Perseverance rover.The design is an evolution of the Mastcam instrument provided for the previous Mars rover, Curiosity.

8. Gilbert Levin - Wikipedia

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   In 1997, Levin published his conclusion that a 1976 Viking lander had discovered living microorganisms on Mars. [1] [3] He is noted for still claiming that his experiment on board the 1976 Viking Mars landers to detect microscopic life on Mars rendered a true positive result. On April 12, 2012, an international team including Levin reported ...

9. Cam Akers: A nice ‘complement’ for the Vikings running game

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   Cam Akers decisively cut back against a wall of Vikings blockers, creating a big running lane for a seven-yard gain in the third quarter of Sunday's 21-13 win over the Panthers. In his Vikings ...