Royalty-free stock photo of the Viking 1 Launch on August 29th 1975. Viking 1 was launched by a Titan/Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT to begin a half-billion mile, 11-month journey through space to explore Mars. The 4-ton spacecraft went into orbit around the red planet in mid-1976. Photo Credit: NASA [0003-0612-0811-2039] by 0003
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