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Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. Artist: Unknown

Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. This view was taken by the Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft. The canyons are some 4000 kilometres long and are over 6 kilometres deep in places. Two Viking spacecraft were launched towards Mars in 1975, each carrying a lander spacecraft and an orbiter. Both successfully landed their probes on Mars to study the Martian environment, soil constituents and to search for simple life forms, however none was found.

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Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. Artist: Unknown

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Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. This view was taken by the Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft. The canyons are some 4000 kilometres long and are over 6 kilometres deep in places. Two Viking spacecraft were launched towards Mars in 1975, each carrying a lander spacecraft and an orbiter. Both successfully landed their probes on Mars to study the Martian environment, soil constituents and to search for simple life forms, however none was found.

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Album / NASA/Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images

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4210 x 4144 px | 49.9 MB

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35.6 x 35.1 cm | 14.0 x 13.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1970S • 20TH CENTURY • ANALYSIS • ASTRONOMY • CENTURY • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • EXPLORATION • GRAND CANYON • LANDER • MARINERIS VALLIS • MARS • NASA • NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION • NATURAL PHENOMENA • ORBIT • ORBITER • OUTERSPACE • PHOTOGRAPH • PLANET • SCIENCE • SEVENTIES • SOLAR SYSTEM • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE • SPACECRAFT • SPATIAL • VIKING ORBITER 1