Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Viking I Spacecraft in Cleanroom
Full Description:
The planetary landing spacecraft Viking, which includes stereo cameras, a weather station, an automated stereo analysis laboratory and a biology instrument that can detect life, is under assembly at Martin Marietta Aerospace near Denver, Colorado. This Viking spacecraft will travel more than 460 million miles from Earth to a soft landing on Mars in 1976 to explore the surface and atmosphere of the red planet. Martin Marietta is prime and integration contractor for the Viking mission to NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. The lander will be powered by two nuclear generators.
Date:
05/01/1974
NASA Center:
Headquarters
Subject Category:
Planet-Mars
Subject Category:
Viking-Pathfinder-So journer
Keywords:
Viking
Keywords:
Martin
Keywords:
Marietta
Keywords:
Mars
Keywords:
Cleanroom
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
STEREO
facet_where:
Virginia
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Colorado
facet_where:
Denver
facet_where:
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
facet_when:
1976
facet_when:
05-01-1974
facet_when_year:
1976
facet_when_year:
1974
Image #:
74-H-325
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1630
Center:
HQ
Center Number:
74-H-325
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001630
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Viking I Spacecraft in Cleanroom