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Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago - The Register
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NASA's Viking 1 mission, which landed on Mars 50 years ago, remains a landmark achievement in robotic space exploration. Despite technical glitches and debates over biological data, the mission provided the first detailed surface images and soil analysis of the Red Planet.
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