[SETI Institute] For thousands of years, Mars has inspired myths, speculation and scientific curiosity. Fifty years ago today, humanity took a major step toward understanding our neighboring world when Viking […]
![[SETI Institute] 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 the Red Planet. NASA/JPL larger image](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/50-Years.png?resize=1200%2C460&ssl=1)
[SETI Institute] For thousands of years, Mars has inspired myths, speculation and scientific curiosity. Fifty years ago today, humanity took a major step toward understanding our neighboring world when Viking […]