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The Gravity of Jupiter

Pioneer at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: NASA ARC

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Pioneer at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: NASA ARC

Voyager

Voyager at Astronautix

Image credit: Lockheed

Image source: Mike Acs

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Pioneer at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: National Archives

Titan / Centaur / Viking

Titan at Astronautix

Image credit: Martin Marietta

Image source: SDASM Archives

Viking by Russ Arasmith

Project Viking at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Mike Acs

Viking

Project Viking at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Mike Acs

A Laboratory on Mars

Prime goal of Project Viking is this National Aeronautics and Space Administration sketch, to land a biological laboratory on the surface of Mars. The picture shows a design in which the protective housing around the experiments unfolds in petal fashion once the laboratory is safely on the Martian surface.

Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon

by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970

Project Viking at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Numbers Station

Boeing Viking

Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon

by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970

Project Viking at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Numbers Station