Freefall

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Viking 1 and 2 landed on the Mars in 1976. Viking 1 landed on an ancient lava flow Viking 2 landed 6 weeks later about 5000 km away. The orbiters and landers returned over 55,000 images. Over the next four years, over 4 million weather reports from the Martian surface were transmitted to Earth.

Color by George Peterson.