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Viking test article

A test article for the Viking landers, the first successful soft landers to be placed on the Martian surface. The actual landers survived on Mars for 6 years, a duration record which held until May 2010, when it was broken by the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

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Uploaded on June 7, 2010
Taken on June 6, 2010