- Viking Program
- systematic investigation of Mars from orbit and from the surface with emphasis on the search for life on this planet
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Viking Program
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Viking program — NASA s Viking program consisted of a pair of space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each vehicle was composed of two main parts, an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the… … Wikipedia
Viking (disambiguation) — Viking can refer to: History*Viking Age, the period between 793 A.D and 1066 A.D in Scandinavia *Viking, seafaring Scandinavians during the Viking Age (in the western trail) *Varangian, seafaring Scandinavians during the Viking Age (in the… … Wikipedia
Viking (fusée) — Programme Viking Pour les articles homonymes, voir Viking (homonymie). Décollage de Viking 1 à bord d une fusée Titan Centaur … Wikipédia en Français
Viking biological experiments — The two Viking spacecraft each carried four types of biological experiments to the surface of Mars in the late 1970s. These were the first Mars landers to carry out experiments to look for biosignatures of life on Mars. The landers used a robotic … Wikipedia
Viking 1 — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Viking 1 Orbiter Caption = Viking orbiter Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Mission Type = Orbiter Satellite Of = Mars Orbital Insertion Date = June 19 1976 Launch = August 20 1975 Launch Vehicle = Titan… … Wikipedia
Viking 2 — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Viking 2 Orbiter Caption = Viking orbiter Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Mission Type = Orbiter Flyby Of = Satellite Of = Mars Orbital Insertion Date = August 7 1976 Launch = September 9 1975 Launch Vehicle =… … Wikipedia
Viking (satellite) — Viking was Sweden s first satellite. It was launched on an Ariane 1 rocket as a piggyback payload together with the French satellite SPOT 1, on February 22, 1986. Operations ended on May 12, 1987. Viking was used to explore plasma processes in… … Wikipedia
Viking (automobile) — Viking was an automobile manufactured by General Motors Oldsmobile Division for model year 1929 and 1931. Viking was part of Alfred Sloan s companion make program introduced to help span gaps in General Motors pricing structure, and was marketed… … Wikipedia
Viking (rocket) — The Viking 10 rocket, finally flown 7 May 1954. The Viking rocket series of sounding rockets were designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed Martin) under the direction of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Twelve… … Wikipedia
Viking expansion — The Vikings sailed most of the North Atlantic, reaching south to North Africa and east to Russia, Constantinople and the middle east, as looters, traders, colonists, and mercenaries. Vikings under Leif Eriksson, heir to Erik the Red, reached… … Wikipedia
