The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. [1] Viking 2 was …

1975年9月9日 · Viking 2 landed on Mars in September 1976 -- immediately following the first successful spacecraft landing on Mars by Viking 1 -- and was part of NASA's early two-part …

2024年11月2日 · What was Viking 2? Both NASA Viking missions used a combination of orbiter and lander to explore Mars in unprecedented detail. Viking 2 entered orbit around Mars on …

Viking 1 and 2 were a pair of NASA Mars landers and orbiters that launched in 1975 and arrived in 1976. The orbiters created global maps while the landers examined the surface up close.

The Viking 1 lander touched down on the western slope of Chryse Planitia (the Plains of Gold), while the Viking 2 lander settled down at Utopia Planitia. The last data from Viking Lander 2 …

2020年8月20日 · Viking 1 took off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 20, 1975, to begin its 304-day cruise to the Red Planet, followed by Viking 2 on Sept. …

2024年11月4日 · NASA’s Viking Mission to Mars was composed of two spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander – orbiters for imaging and scientific …

2024年11月6日 · Viking 2 landed on Mars at Utopia Planitia (47.64° N, 134.29° E, planetocentric) on Sept. 3, 1976 — immediately following the first successful spacecraft landing on Mars by …

2019年2月8日 · Viking 2 was one of the two spacecraft of the Viking program that studied Mars both from orbit and from the surface. [1] Each of the Viking craft had two main parts. The …

Following launch using a Titan / Centaur launch vehicle and a 333-day cruise to Mars, the Viking 2 Orbiter began returning global images of Mars prior to orbit insertion.