The Viking 1 Lander and Orbiter were launched from a Titan IIIE-Centaur and traveled towards Mars. They separated when they reached the planet and the Lander made its decent to the Martian surface. For nineteen minutes, the team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) waited anxiously for a transmission. The team witnessed the first images of the…
The Viking 1 Lander and Orbiter were launched from a Titan IIIE-Centaur and traveled towards Mars. They separated when they reached the planet and the Lander made its decent to the Martian surface. For nineteen minutes, the team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) waited anxiously for a transmission. The team witnessed the first images of the Marian surface coming in at 16 kilobits per second. Operations of the Viking 1 ceased in 1983.