Viking

28 Jul
2022
July 28, 2022

NASA’s Viking Mission & The Search for Life on Mars: The Experiments

For young space enthusiasts like myself growing up in the 1970s, NASA’s Viking mission to Mars was one of the more exciting and memorable. The Viking […]
Astrobiology, Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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20 Jul
2021
July 20, 2021

First Pictures: Viking 1 on Mars – July 20, 1976

Without a doubt, the most memorable live event I had witnessed as a teenage space enthusiast was the landing of Viking 1 on the surface of […]
Drew's Basement, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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3 Sep
2020
September 3, 2020

First Pictures: Viking 2 on Mars – September 3, 1976

One of the most exciting moments in a landing mission is when the first images from the surface of another world are returned back to Earth. […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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21 Nov
2018
November 21, 2018

Viking & The First Seismometers on Mars

Mention NASA’s Viking mission to Mars in 1976 and its first-of-its-kind in situ search for life on another planet immediately comes to mind. While astrobiological experiments […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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25 May
2014
May 25, 2014

The New Search for Life on Mars

The 1976 Viking missions to Mars have been our only attempts to date to search directly for life on another planet. The pair of identical Viking […]
Astrobiology, Astrobiology Missions, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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