On July 20, 1976, Viking 1’s lander touched down on Mars, achieving a successful soft landing on another planet. In the years ...

Images sent back by NASA's Viking spacecraft in the 1970s revealed some highly unusual streaks stretching across the arid landscapes of Mars. The sighting had scientists excited about the ...

Viking 1 and 2 were the first US spacecraft to successfully land on Mars. The two landers were equipped to complete Viking’s core mission: search for life on Mars. The landers were essentially ...

Object Details Manufacturer Litton Systems, Inc. Summary The Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) experiment was carried aboard each of the Viking spacecraft landers that reached the red planet ...