Viking spacecraft

Cultural  

1. Two spacecraft launched by NASA that landed on Mars in the late 1970s, sending back photographs and experimental reports about the planet's surface.

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Example Sentences

However, says Dr McConnochie, the temperature in the Viking spacecraft chamber was much warmer than it would be outside, even during spring and summer.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2019

That helped pick a spot for the Viking spacecraft to land.

From The Verge • Nov. 10, 2018

The twin Viking spacecraft of the 1970s were among the most ambitious and successful of all planetary missions.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

But there was an unusual air of excitement as technicians made final preparations for the blast-off of the first of two Viking spacecraft bound for Mars.

From Time Magazine Archive

NASA's old principle of superredundancy is reflected in the fact that there was not one but two Viking spacecraft, the second an exact replica of the first.

From Time Magazine Archive