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The very first image from the surface of Mars, transmitted to Earth from NASA's Viking 1 lander, 50 years ago today.

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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. Credit: NASA/JPL

Our First View of the Surface of Mars - NASA

“Touchdown, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT, July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as they learned
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