Our First View of the Surface of Mars – On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this photo gave us our first view from the surface of another planet.
<div class="media_block"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/our-first-view-of-the-surface-of-mars-on-the-morning-of-july-20-1976-roughly-40-minutes-after-mission-controllers-received-word-that-the-viking-1-lander-had-successfully-touched-down-on-the-surfac.jpg"></div>On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this photo gave us our first view from the surface of another planet.

On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this photo gave us our first view from the surface of another planet.

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/34280-mars-viking1-lander-1st-image-pia00381/

Our First View of the Surface of Mars - On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this photo gave us our first view from the surface of another planet.