Viking 1: NASA celebrates 50 years since the first successful Mars mission

NASA's Viking 1 probe landed on Mars on July 20, 1976.

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This achievement marked the first successful mission after several Soviet failures.

It paved the way for robotic exploration of the Red Planet.

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