Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Viking 1 Launch
Full Description:
Viking 1 was launched by a Titan/Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT to begin a half-billion mile, 11-month journey through space to explore Mars. The 4-ton spacecraft went into orbit around the red planet in mid-1976.
Date:
8/20/1975
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Rocket Launches
Subject Category:
Planet-Mars
Subject Category:
Viking-Pathfinder-So journer
Keywords:
Launch
Keywords:
1
Keywords:
Centaur
Keywords:
Viking
Keywords:
Lander
Keywords:
Titan
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Titan
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
Centaur
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
8-20-1975
facet_when_year:
1975
Image #:
75PC-0443
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0644
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
75PC-0443
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000644
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Viking 1 Launch