Status
Success
Viking 1
Launch Time
Wed Aug 20, 1975 21:22 UTC
Wed Aug 20, 1975 21:22 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Viking 1
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the second spacecraft to soft-land on Mars, and the first to successfully perform its mission.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,530.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1975
79th orbital launch attempt
Titan III
87th mission
5th mission of 1975
75th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission