Viking 1 Stories

On this date, 25 years ago, NASA's Viking 1 lander did something only two other space probes had ever done - successfully land on another planet.

Twenty-five years ago, on July 20, 1976, NASA's Viking 1 lander soft-landed on the surface of Mars, becoming the first successful mission to land on the Red Planet, as well as the first successful American landing on another planet.