1976-07-20: Viking 1 Lands On Mars
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/viking-1/
It was originally scheduled to touch down on July 4, in observance of the American bicentennial, but a sandstorm obscured the landing site. July 20 was chosen instead because it was the 7th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin landing, and later walking, on the moon.
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
Thanks Bernhard. Hello everybody, I'm Dario from Chile, 12th Zone. ce3drz
I was 8 when Viking 1 touch down on mars, and can remember that. Today i shown this clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjCfNvx9m8 to my chilndres and some of their friends. was an amazing reaction to see movies "so old"
thanks again !
2016-07-20 16:53 GMT-04:00 B J va6bmj@gmail.com:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/viking-1/
It was originally scheduled to touch down on July 4, in observance of the American bicentennial, but a sandstorm obscured the landing site. July 20 was chosen instead because it was the 7th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin landing, and later walking, on the moon.
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On 7/20/16, Dario Riquelme Zornow dario@riquelme.cl wrote:
Thanks Bernhard. Hello everybody, I'm Dario from Chile, 12th Zone. ce3drz
I was 8 when Viking 1 touch down on mars, and can remember that.
I was working at an oil refinery as a summer engineering student between my junior and senior undergraduate years. I couldn't wait to get home to watch the news about the landing.
Today i
shown this clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjCfNvx9m8 to my chilndres and some of their friends. was an amazing reaction to see movies "so old"
It was indeed an amazing achievement. It was the first time that a spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, which, even now, is a difficult task. I believe, though, that the Soviets had landed one first, but it failed after a few minutes.
Almost immediately, Viking 1 was responsible for textbooks having to be rewritten. I remember the first pictures when they appeared in the news and how incredible they were. Even the experts were amazed as they couldn't believe that the martian sky had a reddish colour.
Talk about watching history being made.
thanks again !
You're welcome.
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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