Viking 1 was an unmanned American spacecraft that launched in August 1975 and landed successfully on Mars in June 1976. It was composed of an orbiter and lander, with the primary mission objectives of obtaining high-resolution images of the Martian surface and searching for evidence of life. Viking 1 achieved its objectives, returning the first photos from the Martian surface and conducting experiments that found no clear proof of biological activity on Mars.

1. VIKING MISSION

2. HISTORY
• Viking 1 was lunched on August
20, 1975.
• Viking 1 landed on Mars in June
19, 1976.
• Viking 1 was sent by America.
• Viking 1 plus his twin Viking 2
became the first spacecraft to
make a safe landing on Mars.

3. MAN/UNMANNED
• Viking 1 was an undammed
mission.
• the probe called Viking1 held
the mission to the “4th planet”
Mars.
• Each spacecraft was
composed of two main parts the
orbiter and lander.
•

4. PURPOSE
• Mission objective were to obtain high
resolution of the Martians surface.
• The primary mission objective was to
search for evidence of life.
• To study and photograph the
surface and data about the
atmosphere.
• To keep track of the climate and soil
on Mars.

5. VEHICLE
• Viking 1 was the vehicle on
Mars.
• The launch Vehicle is a titan
IIIE/Centaur
• Viking 1 was the first of two
spacecraft along with (Viking
2) sent to Mars
• Each spacecraft was
composed of two main parts the
orbiter and lander.

6. IMPORTANT/INTERESTING
FACTS
• The mass was 883kg
• The power was 620w
• Orbital Period was 47.26h
• The periapsis was 320km
• The apoapsis was 56000km

7. COMPARING THE TWINS
• Viking 1 • Viking 2
• Viking • Viking 2’s
1’sower was power was
620w 602w
• Viking 2
• Viking 1 launched
launched September
August 20 9,1975
1975 • Viking 2
• Viking 1 landed
landed June September 3
19 1976 1976

8. PICTURES

9. INFORMATION ABOUT PICTURES
• Picture in the left top corner
is a picture of Viking 1
• Picture in the right top corner
first picture that Viking 1 took
• The picture at the bottom is
Viking’s 1 landing spot.

10. CREATED BY:
• Hannah Hale,
Deion Gutierrez, Noah
Martel

11. CITING RESOURCES
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking1
• Wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking program
• Wikipedia.org/wiki/unmanned_ NASA_
missions# Viking program _ 281975.29