Viking

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage The Viking missions were a pair of NASA spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, launched in 1975 to explore the planet Mars. They were the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and conducted a thorough examination of the Martian surface, including searching for signs of life. The Viking missions played a significant role in shaping our understanding of the Martian environment and sparked ongoing research into the possibility of life on the Red Planet.