NASA’s Viking Project
Denver Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, United StatesCelebrate the 40th anniversary of NASA's Viking Missions, marking the first successful landings on the surface of Mars. Two identical spacecraft (Viking 1 and Viking 2), each consisting of a nuclear-powered lander and a solar-powered orbiter, were built. Each orbiter-lander was launched together and entered the Mars orbit in mid-1976; the landers then separated and.... Read More