Viking 1 Begins Journey to Mars - NASA

A Titan-Centaur rocket carrying the Viking 1 spacecraft launches from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 20, 1975. Viking 1 touched down

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🎯 July 20, 1976: Viking 1 lands on Mars.

Next day: first color photo from the surface — and the sky is pink.

Unexpected. Mysterious. Beautiful.

Sometimes the universe rewrites the script.

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Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars

Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds.

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Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars - NASA

Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other

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File:Mars - Hellas Planitia - NASA's Viking 1 1980 (54447892664).png - Wikimedia Commons

File:Mars - Cloudy Pavonis Mons and Noctis Labyrinthus - NASA's Viking 1 1978 (54433044015).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Mars - Pavonis Mons and Noctis Labyrinthus - NASA's Viking 1978 (54240492435).png - Wikimedia Commons