Viking 2

The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. Viking 2 was operational on Mars for 1281 sols. The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface for 1,316 days, or 1281 sols, and was turned off on April 12, 1980, when its batteries eventually failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978, returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars.

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1975 Viking 2

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rocket launch

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soft landing

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orbital activity

1980-04-12T00:00:00Z

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loss of signal

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians inspect the Viking Lander 2 in Kennedy's Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 1.

Astronauts approach Viking 2

• Structure of the neutral upper atmosphere of Mars: results from viking 1 and viking 2. - scientific article published on December 1976, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians inspect the Viking Lander 2 in Kennedy's Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 1.		Commons
commons	image		Astronauts approach Viking 2		Commons