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As modern technology improves, the technology of exploration of the universe improves either. People had been wondering whether humans can live in Mars and Moon. NASA, the biggest organization in the world that examines about the universe. It had decided to make a shuttle to investigate the Mars.

In 1975s, the first spacecraft which landed on Mars was made which was called Viking 1 and it had both an orbiter and a lander. NASA’s Viking project found a place in history when it became the first U.S. mission to land a spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars. Viking 1 had launched on August 20, 1975 and it’d reached Mars orbit on June 19, 1976.

The lander and its aeroshell separated from the orbiter on 20 July 1976 as Viking 1 entered Mars orbit. At the time of separation, the lander was orbiting at about 4 km/s. …show more content…

From the orbiter, it provided a lot of pictures of volcanoes, lava plains, immense canyons, cratered areas, wind-formed features, and evidence of surface water.(The orbiter)
From the lander, transmission of the first surface image began 25 seconds after landing. It took thousands pictures of soil, rocks and everything that it could’ve seen. Besides taking photographs and collecting other science data, the lander was looking for possible signs of life but it couldn’t find any.(The lander)
Their images and data on Mars would define our view of the planet for the next couple of decades. There were a lot of rock types at its landing site but scientists couldn’t figure out what was made up of. It gave information about the climate of Mars which was winds were higher speed during the day but it was usually consistent. Although they were seasonal variations. The orbiter found an evidence of water but it couldn’t declare the water is drinkable. These results would be helpful when humans plan to land on Mars

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