> Launch of Viking 1 on Titan 3 Centaur rocket. August 20 1975
Launch of Viking 1 on Titan 3 Centaur rocket. August 20 1975
author: Nasa/Novapix
reference: e-lus10-00002
Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 20 cm
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.