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Viking 1 makes first successful landing on Mars 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 20 1976)


Video: 'Viking I Lands on Mars, ABC News, July 20, 1976'

(Tuesday, July 20, 1976, 11:53:06 UTC/7:53:06 a.m. EDT) — An explorer from Earth, the robot craft Viking 1, made the first successful landing on Mars today and transmitted spectacular photographs of a rocky, wind-scoured desert plain, the site for the first direct search for life on another world. Continue reading Viking 1 makes first successful landing on Mars 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 20 1976)