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Viking I Spacecraft in Cleanroom Main Content
NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : 74-H-325
Date : 05/01/1974

Title

Viking I Spacecraft in Cleanroom

Full Description

The planetary landing spacecraft Viking, which includes stereo cameras, a weather station, an automated stereo analysis laboratory and a biology instrument that can detect life, is under assembly at Martin Marietta Aerospace near Denver, Colorado. This Viking spacecraft will travel more than 460 million miles from Earth to a soft landing on Mars in 1976 to explore the surface and atmosphere of the red planet. Martin Marietta is prime and integration contractor for the Viking mission to NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. The lander will be powered by two nuclear generators.

Keywords

Viking Martin Marietta Mars Cleanroom

Subject Category

Planet-Mars, Viking-Pathfinder-Sojourner,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: 74-H-325
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001630

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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