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  • Viking 1
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  • Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission, and held the record for the longest Mars surface mission of 2307 days or 2245 sols (from landing until surface mission termination, Earth time) until that record was broken by the Opportunity Rover on May 19, 2010.
  • Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission. Viking 1 held the record for the longest Mars surface mission of days or sols until that record was broken by Opportunity on May 19, 2010.
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  • Orbiter:
COSPAR ID
  • Lander:1975-075C
  • Orbiter:1975-075A
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interplanetary
  • --06-19
Power
  • 70.0
  • Orbiter:620 W
SATCAT
  • Lander:9024
  • Orbiter:8108
Mission Duration
  • lander:2306 days
  • orbiter: days
Name
  • Viking 1
Image caption
  • Viking orbiter
Manufacturer
  • Lander:Martin Marietta
  • Orbiter:NASA JPL
Operator
Mission Type
  • orbiter and lander
apsis
  • areion
launch rocket
Launch date
  • 1975-08-20
Website
last contact
  • 1982-11-13
orbit reference
abstract
  • Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission, and held the record for the longest Mars surface mission of 2307 days or 2245 sols (from landing until surface mission termination, Earth time) until that record was broken by the Opportunity Rover on May 19, 2010.
  • Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission. Viking 1 held the record for the longest Mars surface mission of days or sols until that record was broken by Opportunity on May 19, 2010.
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