An overview of the Viking Mars probe is presented. The Viking spacecraft is described and a brief history of the earlier observations and exploration of Mars is provided. A number of the Viking photographs of the Martian surface are presented and a discussion of the experiments Viking performed including a confirmation of the general theory of relativity are reported. Martian surface chemistry is discussed and experiments to study the weather on Mars are reported.
Mars: The Viking discoveries
1977-10-01
Miscellaneous
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English
NTRS | 1977
|NTIS | 1977
|NTRS | 1976
Tema Archive | 1978
|NTRS | 1973
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