The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2,307 days (over 6 1⁄4 years) or 2245 Martian solar days, the …

Aug 20, 2025 · Viking 1 touched down on the red planet on July 20, 1976, becoming the first truly successful landing on Mars. Viking 1 was the first of a pair of complex deep space probes that …

Jul 20, 2025 · Viking 1 landed on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first spacecraft to do so and successfully return data.

Jul 4, 1997 · The Mars Pathfinder mission launched on December 4, 1996. On July 4, 1997, the lander touched down in Ares Vallis, a target of geological interest identified by analysis of data …

Jul 4, 2017 · Mars exploration took a big leap 20 years ago today. On July 4, 1997, NASA's Pathfinder mission touched down on the Red Planet, delivering an eponymous lander and a …

As NASA celebrates the recent launch of the Perseverance Mars Rover, let’s take a look back at the very first successful NASA spacecraft landing on Mars. It happened during the United …

Aug 31, 2021 · The first rover on Mars was a part of the Pathfinder mission. The rover, named Sojourner, landed in July 1997 at Ares Vallis using an airbag to cushion the fall.

Jul 20, 2016 · On this date, a spacecraft from Earth made our world’s first fully successful soft-landing on the surface of the planet Mars. The Viking 1 lander set down in Mars’ northern …

A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more territory, they …

Jan 25, 2025 · The mission’s entry, descent, and landing phase begins when the spacecraft reaches the Martian atmosphere, about 81 miles (131 kilometers) above the surface of the …