"Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet"
By NASA , 1976
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Martian Hemisphere

Celestial
  • Author: NASA
  • Publisher: NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
  • Publication date: 1976.
  • Physical description: Vintage chromogenic print, Viking 1, watermarked "This Paper Manufactured by Kodak".
  • Dimensions: 193 by 240mm. (7.5 by 9.5 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 20453

Notes

“Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to the shimmering red presence in the clear night sky.” (John Noble Wilford, Mars Beckons).

“NASA’s Viking Project found a place in history when it became the first U.S. mission to land a spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars and return images of the surface. Two identical spacecraft, each consisting of a lander and an orbiter, were built. Each orbiter-lander pair flew together and entered Mars orbit; the landers then separated and descended to the planet’s surface.

The Viking 1 lander touched down on the western slope of Chryse Planitia (the Plains of Gold), while the Viking 2 lander settled down at Utopia Planitia.” (NASA description)

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