History-Making Mars Mission Launched 35 Years Ago

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 15:28 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Viking 1 mission, launched on Aug. 20, 1975, put a spacecraft into orbit around Mars and delivered the first successful lander to the Martian surface.

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