vil_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1970, Martin Marietta Corp. photo, poss. no. DP 7629)

“CONCEPT OF VIKING LANDER TO BE LAUNCHED TO MARS IN 1975

 

Robot Spacecraft to Search for Life in the Martian Soil.”

 

Also:

 

“The Viking lander design went through a number of versions in 1968 and 1969. The three-legged September 1969 design added a second camera for stereophotography and moved the meteorology instrument to the high-gain antenna mast.”

 

At:

 

history.nasa.gov/SP-4212/p218b.html

 

Disregard the terminal propulsion nozzles (3 places) being also labeled as “fuel tanks”…ugh. Proofreading anyone?

 

Possibly on display…at Martin Marietta’s Denver HQ?

 

A subsequent design iteration…also in the same…building…lobby?

 

www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-viking-lander-w...

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