The Viking program, its characteristics, goals, and investigations are described. The program consists of launching two spacecraft to Mars in 1975 to soft-land on the surface and test for signs of life. Topics discussed include the launch, the journey through space, tracking, Mars orbit and landing, experiments on the search for life, imaging systems, lander camera, water detection experiments, thermal mapping, and a possible weather station on Mars.


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    Title :

    Viking


    Publication date :

    1975-02-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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