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Mars
Viking 1 Lander
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The Viking project
consisted of launches of two separate spacecraft to Mars, Viking 1, launched
on 20 August 1975, and Viking 2, launched on 9 September 1975. Each spacecraft
consisted of an orbiter and a lander. After orbiting Mars and returning
images used for landing site selection, the orbiter and lander detached
and the lander entered the martian atmosphere and soft-landed at the selected
site.
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The orbiters
continued imaging and other scientific operations from orbit while the
landers deployed instruments on the surface. The lander was encased in
a bioshield at launch to prevent contamination by terrestrial organisms.
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