CIA • 1998
VIKING I LANDER
Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : ' THIS PAGE FOLDS OUT Practicing a dig, a Viking lander at the-Jet Propulsion' Laboratory (above) extei ds its surface sampler over sim- ulated Martian rocks-Sty- rofoam-to scoop simulated Martian soil--earth sand. In this manner, techni- cians rehearsed operations on earth before Viking per- formed them on Mars. CAMERA TEST TARGET In addition to the biology instrument and two cameras, the jeep-size lander carries other devices (below) to sample weather, analyze...
U
Declassified
Timeline
- Created
- Nov 4, 2016
- Released
- Oct 28, 1998
- Publication
- Oct 28, 1998
- Case number
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Metadata
Document #
CIA-RDP96-00792R000700490001-7
Case #
—
Document Type
CREST
Collection
STARGATE
Release Decision
RIFPUB
Original Classification
U
Sequence
1
Pages
4 pages
File Size
1.44 MB