Space sciences

First panoramic view by Viking 1 from the surface of Mars. Note: top photo forms left half of panoramic view, bottom photo should abut top photo for complete panorama.

Viking 1 photographed the crater Yuty, located near the spacecraft's potential landing site on Mars.

While the Viking 1 continues its analysis of the Martian surface, its companion ship, the Viking Orbiter, continues to obtain more startling pictures of the planet. This montage of four photos shows one of the volcanoes in the Tharsis region near the equator.

This image shows the trench excavated by Viking 1 surface sampler on Mars.

Viking 1 took this high-resolution picture of the surface of Mars.

The surface and sky of Mars taken from Viking 1.

Photo of Mars taken July 21, 1976 - the day following the successful landing of Viking 1 on the planet Mars. The view is southeast from the Viking.

This is the first photograph ever taken on the surface of the planet Mars. It was obtained by Viking 1 just minutes after the spacecraft landed.

The satellite Nimbus II as it tracks Hurricane Beulah across the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and into Texas for two weeks in mid-September 1967. This series of photographs is representative of pictures received by Apt. Stations located in the U.S., Mexico and Caribbean area as Nimbus II orbited over these regions daily.

Spacecraft engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California check the Mariner E spacecraft before shipment to Cape Kennedy, Florida for launching.