Space Exploration

Space Exploration

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[Viking Orbiter]

Hand Mosaic of Mars, ca. 1979

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[VIKING ORBITER]

Hand Mosaic of Mars, ca. 1979


11 silver gelatin prints tipped to board, PICNOS 430S 33, 431S 27-30, 432S 15-22 & 16 & 21, approximately 41 x 18.5 inches overall. Taped to board, verso of board inscribed “430 S33/ 431 S27-30 / 43 S15-22, NO 16 + 21” in BLACK INK

A BEAUTIFUL, DETAILED MOSAIC OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE

The Viking program was a NASA Langley Research Center-managed project whose objective was to study the atmosphere and surface of Mars, obtain high-resolution imagery and to search for evidence of life. The program sent two space probes, each composed of two sections: an orbiter and a lander, each launched by Titan IIIE rockets with Centaur upper stages.

Imagery returned from the Orbiter had to be stitched together by hand back on Earth.