Viking ½. Nasa’s Viking project found its place in US history when it became the first American mission to make it to the surface of Mars. Two of the same spaceships were built, each containing an orbiter and a lander. Th spacecraft’s both flew together when they entered the orbit of Mars. The landers separated and the began the decent to the surface of the rusty red planet known as Mars. Viking 1 touched down in the southern hemisphere while Viking 2 lander made it way to Utopia Planitea. Other than collecting data and photographing the blood, red planet, both landers were both equipped to search and scan for signs of life. This experiments discovered shocking and unexpected chemical signatures in the soil. Although no signs of microbial
