• [PS] Viking 1 and 2, NASAs first Mars landers

    From The Planetary Society via sci.space@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 13 01:16:57 2021
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    Viking 1 and 2, NASAs first Mars landers

    Posted: 12 Jul 2021 01:25 PM PDT https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/viking

    No one knew what the surface of Mars looked like up close until NASAs
    Viking 1 spacecraft landed there in 1976.

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    The Cost of NASA's Viking missions

    Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:00 AM PDT https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/viking-cost

    The Viking missions to Mars cost nearly $1.1 billion—but thats not the
    whole story.

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