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50 Years Later: The First Photo Ever Taken on Mars

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July 25, 2026 • 369 views
Original source: PetaPixel
50 Years Later: The First Photo Ever Taken on Mars

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the NASA Viking 1 spacecraft landing safely on Mars, spearheading a new era of space exploration. Just minutes after Viking 1 landed on the Red Planet, it captured a photo, the first ever taken on the surface of Mars a…

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