Viking 1 was launched by a Titan/Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT to begin a half-billion mile, 11-month journey through space to explore Mars. The 4-ton spacecraft went into orbit around the red planet in mid-1976.
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NASA Images: More desktop wallpaper from the space program
by Mark Kaelin | December 21, 2012, 1:43am PST | Image 19 of 27
Viking 1 Launch 1975
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